Bulychevia enigmatica

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]

Bulychevia enigmatica
Scientific classification
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)

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