BIOTIC Species Information for Talitrus saltator
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| Researched by | Georgina Budd | Data supplied by | MarLIN |
| Refereed by | This information is not refereed. | ||
| Taxonomy | |||
| Scientific name | Talitrus saltator | Common name | A sand hopper |
| MCS Code | S241 | Recent Synonyms | Talitrus locusta |
| Phylum | Crustacea | Subphylum | |
| Superclass | Class | Eumalacostraca | |
| Subclass | Peracarida | Order | Amphipoda |
| Suborder | Gammaridea | Family | Talitridae |
| Genus | Talitrus | Species | saltator |
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| Additional Information | An extensive review of the Talitridae was published by Bulycheva (1957) in which the concept of the family was reconsidered and a number of genera removed to newly erected families, Hyalidae and Hyalellidae. The separation provides a convenient ecological grouping with the truly terrestrial genera in the Talitridae, a family consisting of five genera (Talitrus, Orchestia, Talorchestia, Talitroides and Brevitalitrus), all of which are recorded in the British Isles. Talitrus are a small circumtropical genus comprising about 10 recognized species but Talitrus saltator is the only species that extends into the north east Atlantic area (Lincoln, 1979). | ||
| Taxonomy References | Reid, 1947, Howson & Picton, 1997, Lincoln, 1979, Bulycheva, 1957, | ||
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