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Orchestia

noun
1.
Type genus of the family Orchestiidae.  Synonym: genus Orchestia.






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"Orchestia" Quotes from Famous Books



... procured in sufficient abundance, will it be possible to arrive at a conviction that we have not before us either two different species, or animals of different ages. From my own observation, although not very extensive, I can give a second example. It relates to a shore-hopper (Orchestia). The animal (Figure 7) lives in marshy places in the vicinity of the sea, under decaying leaves, in the loose earth which the Marsh Crabs (Gelasimus, Sesarma, Cyclograpsus, etc.) throw up around ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller



Words linked to "Orchestia" :   Orchestiidae, beach flea, genus Orchestia, arthropod genus, sand flea, sandhopper, sand hopper, family Orchestiidae



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