Talitridae
family of amphipods
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:
See also
Crustaceans portal
Arthropods portal
References
External links
Media related to Talitridae at Wikimedia Commons
"Sandhopper" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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