''Talitrus'' is a
genus
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of
amphipod
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 descr ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
s, including the familiar
Europe
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an sandhopper ''
Talitrus saltator
''Talitrus saltator'', a species of sand hopper, is a common amphipod crustacean of sandy coasts around Europe. The animal's typical "hopping" movement gives it its common name, and is produced by a flexion of the abdomen. In order to do this, ...
''. In includes the following species:
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Talitrus curioi
''Talitrus'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans, including the familiar European sandhopper ''Talitrus saltator''. In includes the following species:
*'' Talitrus curioi'' Javier & Coleman, 2010
*''Talitrus gulliveri'' Miers, 1875
*''Talitrus sa ...
''
Javier & Coleman, 2010
*''
Talitrus gulliveri
''Talitrus'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans, including the familiar European sandhopper ''Talitrus saltator''. In includes the following species:
*'' Talitrus curioi'' Javier & Coleman, 2010
*'' Talitrus gulliveri'' Miers, 1875
*''Talitrus s ...
''
Miers, 1875
*''
Talitrus saltator
''Talitrus saltator'', a species of sand hopper, is a common amphipod crustacean of sandy coasts around Europe. The animal's typical "hopping" movement gives it its common name, and is produced by a flexion of the abdomen. In order to do this, ...
''
(Montagu, 1808)
*''
Talitrus trukana
''Talitrus'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans, including the familiar European sandhopper ''Talitrus saltator''. In includes the following species:
*''Talitrus curioi'' Javier & Coleman, 2010
*''Talitrus gulliveri'' Miers, 1875
*''Talitrus sal ...
''
K. H. Barnard, 1960
References
Gammaridea
Taxa named by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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