Orchestia recens

Orchestia recens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Talitridae
Genus:	Orchestia
Species:	O. recens
Binomial name
Orchestia recens (G. M. Thomson, 1884)

Orchestia recens is a species of amphipod in the family Talitridae, found only in Wellington Region, New Zealand. It is epigean, found in freshwater.^[1] Its taxonomic affinities are unclear, and it may be best placed in a genus other than Orchestia.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "Freshwater Amphipoda of New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/publications/journals/nzjr/2001/025/.