Orchestia grillus

Min Depth

0 meters

Max Depth

0 meters

Overall Geographic Range

Southern Canada to northeastern Florida; northwestern Florida to south Texas

Habitat-Biology

intertidal to semiterrestrial
salt marsh

References

Bousfield, E. L. 1973. Shallow-water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.
Guerra-García, J. M. 2003. Revision of the genus Deutella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) with description of a new species, redescription of Deutella venenosa Mayer, 1890 and a key to the species of Deutella. Journal of Natural History 37: 1059–1084.
Thiel, M. 2000. Population and reproductive biology of two sibling amphipod species from ascidians and sponges. Marine Biology 137: 661–674.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

LeCroy, S. E., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz, and E. Escobar-Briones. 2009. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 941–972 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.

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