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  Family Talitridae

Genus Chelorchestia

    Species C. forceps -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Genus Chelorchestia has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Chelorchestia, (Lowry & Myers, 2012).
• Chelorchestia, [North America] (Covich et al., 2010).
• Chelorchestia, known from fresh and tidal marches along Gulf Coast and FL, 1 or more species (Smith, 2001).

Bibliography

• Lowry, J.K. & A.A. Myers. 2012. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). ZooTaxa 3610: 1-80. [Available online]
• Covich, A.P., J.H. Thorp & D.C. Rogers. 2010. Introduction to the Subphylum Crustacea. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 695-723.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Amphipoda (Scuds, sideswimmers). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 569-584.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System