Americorchestia megalophthalma (Spence Bate, 1863)

Northern Big-eyed Sandhopper

Synonyms: Orchestia megalophthalma, Talorchestia megalophthalma

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Amphipoda

Family: Talitridae

Genus: Americorchestia

Species: Americorchestia megalophthalma

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Americorchestia megalophthalma