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On the species of the genus Talorchestia Dana, 1852 (Senticaudata, Talitridae) reported from India, with the description of a new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2025

Dimple Thacker ,
Alan Myers  and
Jigneshkumar Narmadashankar Trivedi Open the ORCID record for Jigneshkumar Narmadashankar Trivedi [Opens in a new window]
Dimple Thacker
Affiliation:
Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Gujarat, India
Alan Myers
Affiliation:
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Cork, Ireland
Jigneshkumar Narmadashankar Trivedi*
Affiliation:
Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Gujarat, India
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Corresponding author: Jigneshkumar Narmadashankar Trivedi; Email: jntrivedi26@yahoo.co.in
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Abstract

In the present study, species of the genus Talorchestia (Dana, 1852), found in India are discussed. Previously, six species of the genus were recorded from India including Talorchestia affinis (Maccagno, 1936); Talorchestia buensis (Bhoi, Patro & Myers, 2023); Talorchestia gracilis (Dana, 1852); Talorchestia lakshadweepensis (Trivedi, Lowry & Myers, 2020b); Talorchestia martensii (Weber, 1892); and Talorchestia spinipalma (Dana, 1852). The taxonomy and distribution of these six species are discussed. Additionally, a new species, Talorchestia dandi sp. nov., is described on the basis of specimens collected from Gujarat State, India. This new species can be differentiated from its closely related species, Talorchestia morinoi (Othman & Azman, 2007), by the comparatively longer antenna 2, the telson with higher length to width ratio, the epimeron 3 with marginal setae, and the subequal carpus and propodus of pereopod 3.

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amphipodaGulf of Khambhatnew speciesTalitridaetaxonomy

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e65
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