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.[1]
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.[2]
It contains these genera:[3]
Austropacifica Lowry & Springthorpe, 2019
Floresorchestia Bousfield, 1984
Gazia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2019
Americorchestia Bousfield, 1991
Asiaorchestia Lowry & Myers, 2019
Britorchestia Lowry & Bopiah, 2012
Persianorchestia Momtazi, Lowry & Hekmatara, 2017
Pseudorchestoidea Bousfield, 1982
Sardorchestia Ruffo in Tafani, Ugolini, Bazzicalupo, Mengoni & Ruffo, 2004
^"Sand Fleas: Characteristics, Bite & Useful Info". Sand-boarding.com. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^Edward L. Bousfield (2007). "Talitridae". In James T. Carlton (ed.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 611–613. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.
^C. De Broyer, M. Costello, D. Bellan-Santini (2021). Lowry J (ed.). "Talitridae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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