Bulychevia enigmatica

Bulychevia enigmatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae
Genus: Bulychevia
Species:
B. enigmatica
Binomial name
Bulychevia enigmatica
(Bousfield and Carlton, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchestia enigmatica Bousfield & Carlton, 1967
  • Transorchestia enigmatica (Bousfield & Carlton, 1967)

Bulchevia enigmatica is a species of beach hopper in the family Talitridae. So far, it has only been found in Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, where it was found by Jim Carlton in 1962. In 1967, Carlton and Edward L. Bousfield of the National Museum of Canada published a paper naming it Orchestia enigmatica. Bousfield re-classified it as Transorchestia enigmatica in 1982. It is not thought to be endemic to California. Its closest known relative is the Transorchestia chiliensis.[2]

It has since been moved into the genus Bulchevia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bulchevia enigmatica". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. ^ Simons, Eric. "This Animal Has Never Been Seen Away From Lake Merritt — But It's Not From Oakland - The Weird, the Rare and the Ugly". Bay Nature. Retrieved 2019-08-03.


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