Allorchestes
Encyclopedia
Allorchestes is a genus
of amphipods
with relatively small gnathopods, in the family
Dogielinotidae
; it contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of amphipods
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
with relatively small gnathopods, in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Dogielinotidae
Dogielinotidae
Dogielinotidae is a family of amphipods. It is currently subdivided into three subfamilies, containing a total of twelve genera:Dogielinotinae Gurjanova, 1953*Allorchestes Dana, 1849*Dogielinoides Bousfield, 1982*Dogielinotus Gurjanova, 1953...
; it contains the following species:
- Allorchestes angusta Dana, 1856
- Allorchestes bellabella J. L. Barnard, 1974
- Allorchestes carinata Iwasa, 1939
- Allorchestes compressaAllorchestes compressaAllorchestes compressa is a species of amphipod in the family Dogielinotidae. It is found around the coast of Australia from Western Australia to Tasmania and east to Illawarra, New South Wales....
Dana, 1852 - Allorchestes hirsutus Ishimaru, 1995
- Allorchestes inquirendus K. H. Barnard, 1940
- Allorchestes malleola Stebbing, 1899
- Allorchestes novizealandiae Dana, 1852
- Allorchestes priceae Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2001
- Allorchestes rickeri Hendrycks & Bousfield, 2001