Platorchestia platensis (KrOyer 1845) Griffiths et al. 2009
- Dataset
- Diversity and dispersal history of the talitrids (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) of Bermuda
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Talitridae
- genus
- Platorchestia
- species
- Platorchestia platensis
discussion
Remarks During this study this species was first recognized by its distinct molecular signature, which matched specimens identified as P. platensis from BOLD and GenBank. The same species is common on the Atlantic coast of North America, north of Charleston, North Carolina to New Brunswick (Radulovici 2012). Formalin-preserved specimens have not been checked for the possible occurrence of the two species of Platorchestia by morphological criteria, with the exception of sample 8 C.
distribution
Distribution Found on similar sand beaches and under similar wrack piles as P. monodi. Found in single species samples (that is all three individuals analysed = BOLD: AAA 2949), all on the northwest coast of Bermuda at Bailey ’ s Bay (8 C), Tynes Bay (14 C) and Lagoon Park (16 B). One other sample at Tobacco Bay Park (14 A) was a mixed sample containing one P. platensis and two P. monodi. Other locations on the northwest coast consisted of single species P. monodi, e. g. Coot Pond (14 B), Gibbon ’ s Bay (7 A) and Stovell ’ s Bay (5 B).
materials_examined
Material examined From the following sampling locations: 8 C, 14 A, 14 C, 16 B (see Table 1 and Figure 2 for further details).