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Talitridae

{{Short description|Family of amphipoda}}

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|authority=Rafinesque, 1815

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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.{{cite web |title=Sand Fleas: Characteristics, Bite & Useful Info |url=https://sand-boarding.com/sand-fleas/ |website=Sand-boarding.com |date=10 January 2023 |access-date=10 January 2023}}

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.{{cite book |author=Edward L. Bousfield |year=2007 |chapter=Talitridae |pages=611–613 |editor=James T. Carlton |title=The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from central California to Oregon |edition=4th |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-23939-5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64jgZ1CfmB8C&pg=PA611}}

It contains these genera:{{cite WoRMS|author=C. De Broyer|author2=M. Costello|author3=D. Bellan-Santini|year=2021|title=Talitridae|db=Amphipoda|id=101411|access-date=20 November 2021}}

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See also

  • {{Portal-inline|Crustaceans}}
  • {{Portal-inline|Arthropods}}

References

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External links

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  • {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Sandhopper|short=x}}

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Category:Talitrida

Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Category:Amphipod families

Category:Terrestrial crustaceans

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