Talitridae

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Name (Latin)
Talitridae
Other forms of name
nne Beach-flea
Beach fleas
Beach hoppers
Sand fleas (Crustacea)
Sand hoppers
Sandhoppers
Orchestiidae
See Also From tracing topical name
Amphipoda
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q2423916
Library of congress: sh 87020686
Sources of Information
  • Integrated Taxonomic Info. System, Jan. 26, 2000(family Talitridae, suborder Gammaridea, order Amphipoda; vernacular name: not available, usage: valid, synonyms: none)
  • Web. 3(beach flea: any of numerous amphipod crustaceans of the family Orchestiidae living on seabeaches and leaping like fleas; sand hopper=beach flea)
  • Encarta World Eng. dict.(beach flea=sand flea: tiny jumping Crustacea=Genus Orchestia)
  • Americana:v. 2, p. 392 (beach flea, also called beach hoppers, sand fleas, or sand hoppers, make up the family Talitridae)
  • Britannica Micro.:v. 10, p. 407 (sand flea, also called sand hopper, beach flea, or beach hopper: any of several terrestrial crustaceans of the family Talitridae notable for their hopping ability.)
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Wikipedia description:

Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapterans (true fleas), do not bite people, and are not limited to sandy beaches. Marine amphipods are often washed up in the strandline, but die rapidly on drying out. Talitrids differ in being able to survive for a long time out of water; some Southern Hemisphere species are entirely terrestrial. It contains these genera:

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