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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Amphipods (Amphipoda) » Senticaudata » Beach Hoppers (Talitridae)

Family Talitridae - Beach Hoppers

Classification · Other Common Names · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
Jumpers at the tide line - male Beach hopper Megalorchestia - Megalorchestia corniculata Orchestia grillus? - female Amphipods Mating Bird parasite, but which one? Americorchestia megalophthalma Americorchestia megalophthalma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Amphipoda (Amphipods)
Suborder Senticaudata
Family Talitridae (Beach Hoppers)
Other Common Names
Sand hoppers, sand fleas, lawn shrimp, land hoppers
Habitat
They live near or above the high water mark. During the day they mostly shelter in burrows in the sand or under seaweed washed ashore but at night they hop around in search of detritus (comment here).
Remarks
Males have a large second gnathopod.
Internet References
Terrestrial Amphipods or "Lawn Shrimp" (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae)- University of Florida
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 19 April, 2006 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, biosam
Last updated 12 June, 2015 - 7:44am

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