Talitridae

Talitridae
Talitrus saltator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Talitridae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera

See text.

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, because these talitrid amphipods do not bite people.

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.[1]

It contains the following genera:[2]

  • Africorchestia Lowry & Coleman, 2011[3]
  • Agilestia Friend, 1982
  • Americorchestia Bousfield, 1991
  • Arcitalitrus Hurley, 1975
  • Atlantorchestoidea Serejo, 2004
  • Australorchestia Serejo & Lowry, 2008
  • Austrotroides Friend, 1982
  • Bellorchestia Serejo & Lowry, 2008
  • Bousfieldia Chou & Lee, 1996
  • Brevitalitrus Bousfield, 1971
  • Britorchestia Lowry & Bopiah, 2012[4]
  • Caribitroides Bousfield, 1984
  • Cariborchestia Smith, 1998
  • Cerrorchestia Lindeman, 1990
  • Chelorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Chiltonorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Chroestia Marsden & Fenwick, 1984
  • Cochinorchestia Lowry & Peart, 2010
  • Deshayesorchestia Ruffo, 2004
  • Eorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Floresorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Hawaiorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Kanikania Duncan, 1994
  • Keratroides Hurley, 1975
  • Macarorchestia Stock, 1989
  • Makawe Duncan, 1994
  • Megalorchestia Brandt, 1851
  • Microrchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Mysticotalitrus Hurley, 1975
  • Neorchestia Friend, 1987
  • Notorchestia Serejo & Lowry, 2008
  • Orchestia Leach, 1814
  • Orchestiella Friend, 1987
  • Orchestoidea Nicolet, 1849
  • Paciforchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Palmorchestia Stock & Martin, 1988
  • Parorchestia Stebbing, 1899
  • Platorchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Protaustrotroides Bousfield, 1984
  • Protorchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Pseudorchestoidea Bousfield, 1982
  • Puhuruhuru Duncan, 1994
  • Sardorchestia Ruffo, 2004
  • Sinorchestia Miyamoto & Morino, 1999
  • Spelaeorchestia Bousfield & Howarth, 1976
  • Talitriator Methuen, 1913
  • Talitroides Bonnier, 1898
  • Talitrus Latreille & Bosc, 1802
  • Talorchestia Dana, 1852
  • Tasmanorchestia Friend, 1987
  • Tethorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Transorchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Traskorchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Trinorchestia Bousfield, 1982
  • Uhlorchestia Bousfield, 1984
  • Waematau Duncan, 1994

References

  1. ↑ Edwards L. Bousfield (2007). "Talitridae". In James T. Carlton. 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.
  2. ↑ C. De Broyer, M. Costello, D. Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry, ed. "Talitridae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ James K. Lowry & Charles Oliver Coleman (2011). "Africorchestia a new genus of sand-hoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) from western Africa and south-western Europe" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 2825: 55–68.
  4. ↑ J. K. Lowry & Arundathi Bopiah (2012). "Britorchestia a new talitrid genus from western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea and a revision of Pseudorchestoidea and Sardorchestia (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 3451: 60–67.