New talitrids from South Africa (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitroidea, Talitridae) with notes on their ecology

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.1
• Publication Date: 2016-07-27T01:07:31Z
• Authors: J.K. LOWRY; S. BALDANZI
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Arthropoda; Talitridae; Biodiversity; 01 natural sciences; South Africa; Species Specificity; Animalia; Animals; Amphipoda; Malacostraca; Animal Distribution; Ecosystem; Taxonomy

Based on new talitrid amphipod collections from South Africa one genus, Capeorchestia gen. nov., and species, Africorchestia meridionalis sp. are described quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916) is redescribed. Eorchestia Bousfield, 1984 this redescription Orchestia dassenensis moved to the Tasmanian species palustris Richardson, 1993 E. rupestris Microrchestia 1984. The current knowledge about ecology of capensis (Dana, 1853), A. summarized.