1. Species Cryptorchestia cavimana (Heller, 1865)
2. Species Cryptorchestia garbinii Ruffo, Tarocco & Latella, 2014
3. Species Cryptorchestia kosswigi (Ruffo, 1949)
4. Species Cryptorchestia ruffoi Latella & Vonk, 2017 in Davolos, Matthaeis, Latella & Vonk, 2017
5. Species Cryptorchestia stocki (Ruffo, 1990)
6. Species Cryptorchestia canariensis (Dahl, 1950) accepted as Canariorchestia canariensis (Dahl, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
7. Species Cryptorchestia chevreuxi (de Guerne, 1887) accepted as Canariorchestia chevreuxi (de Guerne, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
8. Species Cryptorchestia gomeri (Stock, 1989) accepted as Canariorchestia gomeri (Stock, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
9. Species Cryptorchestia guancha (Stock & Boxshall, 1989) accepted as Speziorchestia guancha (Stock & Boxshall, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
10. Species Cryptorchestia mateusi (Afonso, 1977) accepted as Canariorchestia mateusi (Afonso, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
11. Species Cryptorchestia monticola (Stock & Abreu, 1992) accepted as Canariorchestia monticola (Stock & Abreu, 1992)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

Lowry, J.K.; Fanini, L. (2013). Substrate dependent talitrid amphipods from fragmented beaches on the north coast of Crete (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae), including a redefinition of the genus Orchestia and descriptions of Orchestia xylino sp. nov. and Cryptorchestia gen. nov. Zootaxa, 3709(3): 201–229, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.3.1 [details] Available for editors   [request]

Etymology Crypto- from the Greek for hidden and referring to this unknown taxon within the genus Orchestia.  

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Cryptorchestia Lowry & Fanini, 2013. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744646 on 2024-11-23

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