Galapagos Species Database
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Cocorchestia fritzi
Beach hoppers
Habitat: marine, brackish, in supralittoral marine zone
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Senticaudata
Superfamily
Talitroidea
Family
Talitridae
Genus
Cocorchestia
Species
fritzi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Talorchestia fritzi Stebbing, 1903 superseded combination
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1935
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Stowaway
Subpathway: Hitchhiker on boats
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Under watch
- Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cocorchestia fritzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25195. Accessed 5 November 2026.