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Talitridae is a
Talitridae is a family
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of amphipods
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far describ ...
. 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 flea
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, a ...
s), 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:
* '' Austropacifica'' Lowry & Springthorpe, 2019
* '' Floresorchestia'' Bousfield, 1984
* '' Gazia'' Lowry & Springthorpe, 2019
* ''Americorchestia
''Americorchestia'' is a genus of beach hoppers in the family Talitridae
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 fle ...
'' 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
* ''Africorchestia
''Africorchestia'' is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae
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 ...
'' Lowry & Coleman, 2011
* '' Amphiatlantica'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Aokiorchestia'' Morino, 2020
* '' Atlantorchestoidea'' Serejo, 2004
* '' Australorchestia'' Serejo & Lowry, 2008
* ''Bellorchestia
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae
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 ...
'' Serejo & Lowry, 2008
* '' Bulychevia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
*†'' Caecorchestia'' Hegna & Lazo-Wasem in Hegna, Lazo-Wasem, Serrano-Sánchez & Barragán, 2020
* '' Canariorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Capeorchestia'' Lowry & Baldanzi, 2016
* '' Cariborchestia'' Smith, 1998
* '' Chelorchestia'' Bousfield, 1984
* '' Chevreuxiana'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Chroestia'' Marsden & Fenwick, 1984
* '' Clippertonia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Cryptorchestia'' Lowry & Fanini, 2013
* '' Dallwitzia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Defeo'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Derzhavinia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Deshayesorchestia'' Ruffo, 2004
* '' Ditmorchestia'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2015
* '' Ezotinorchestia'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2016
* '' Galaporchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Gondwanorchestia'' Lowry, Myers & Pérez-Schultheiss, 2020
* '' Hermesorchestia'' Hughes & Lowry, 2017
* '' Houlia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Indiorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Kaalorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Kokuborchestia'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2015
* '' Laniporchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Lanorchestia'' Miyamoto & Morino, 2010
* '' Leptorchestia'' Morino, 2020
* '' Lowryella'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2016
* '' Macarorchestia'' Stock, 1989
* ''Megalorchestia
''Megalorchestia'' is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is ''Megalorchestia californiana''.
Species
The World Register of Ma ...
'' Brandt, 1851
* '' Mexorchestia'' Wildish & LeCroy, 2014
* '' Minamitalitrus'' White, Lowry & Morino, 2013
* '' Miyamotoia'' Morino, 2020
* '' Mizuhorchestia'' Morino, 2014
* '' Morinoia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Nipponorchestia'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2015
* '' Notorchestia'' Serejo & Lowry, 2008
* '' Opunorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Orchestia'' Leach, 1814
* '' Orchestoidea'' Nicolet, 1849
* '' Paciforchestia'' Bousfield, 1982
* '' Palmorchestia'' Stock & Martin, 1988
* '' Pickorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Pictonorchestia'' Lowry & Springthorpe, 2021
* '' Platorchestia'' Bousfield, 1982
* '' Pyatakovestia'' Morino & Miyamoto, 2015
* '' Sinorchestia'' Miyamoto & Morino, 1999
* '' Speziorchestia'' Lowry & Myers, 2019
* '' Talitrus'' Latreille, 1802
* '' Talorchestia'' Dana, 1852
* '' Tethorchestia'' Bousfield, 1984
* '' Tongorchestia'' Lowry & Bopiah, 2013
* '' Transorchestia'' Bousfield, 1982
* '' Traskorchestia'' Bousfield, 1982
* '' Trinorchestia'' Bousfield, 1982
* '' Tropicorchestia'' Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
* '' Vallorchestia'' Lowry, 2012
* '' Vietorchestia'' Dang & Le, 2011
* '' Yamatorchestia'' Takahashi & Morino, 2020
* '' Protaustrotroides'' Bousfield, 1984
See also
* *References
External links
* * Gammaridea Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Crustacean families Terrestrial crustaceans {{amphipod-stub