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Land hopper

Talitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The land hopper (Talitroides topitotum) is a species in the family Brevitalitridae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about the land hopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the land hopper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the land hopper as introduced in 1 country.

  1. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the land hopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the land hopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyBrevitalitridae
  6. genusTalitroides
  7. SpeciesTalitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934)

Synonyms Talitrus topitotum

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Cosmopolitan LandhopperEnglish
  • Tramp hopperEnglish
  • ツメオカトビムシJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the land hopper

Other species in the same genus Talitroides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the land hopper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the land hopper as introduced in 1 country: South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the land hopper?

The land hopper (Talitroides topitotum) belongs to the family Brevitalitridae in the order Amphipoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Land hopper (Talitroides topitotum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/land-hopper

MLA

“Land hopper (Talitroides topitotum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/land-hopper.

BibTeX
@misc{land_hopper_2026,
  title = {Land hopper (Talitroides topitotum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/land-hopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}