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Terrestrial beach hopper

Talitroides alluaudi (Chevreux, 1896)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The terrestrial beach hopper (Talitroides alluaudi) is a species in the family Brevitalitridae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about the terrestrial beach 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 terrestrial beach hopper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the terrestrial beach hopper as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Canary Islandsinvasive
  2. France
  3. Poland
  4. Spain

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 terrestrial beach 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 terrestrial beach hopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyBrevitalitridae
  6. genusTalitroides
  7. SpeciesTalitroides alluaudi (Chevreux, 1896)

Synonyms Talitrus alluaudi

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • ansarikatkaFinnish
  • ミジンツメオカトビムシJapanese
  • zmieraczek cieplarniowyPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the terrestrial beach hopper

Other species in the same genus Talitroides.

Land hopper

Talitroides topitotum

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CompareTerrestrial beach hopper vs Land hopper

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the terrestrial beach hopper an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the terrestrial beach hopper as invasive in 1 country: Canary Islands. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the terrestrial beach hopper?

The terrestrial beach hopper (Talitroides alluaudi) 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). Terrestrial beach hopper (Talitroides alluaudi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/terrestrial-beach-hopper

MLA

“Terrestrial beach hopper (Talitroides alluaudi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/terrestrial-beach-hopper.

BibTeX
@misc{terrestrial_beach_hopper_2026,
  title = {Terrestrial beach hopper (Talitroides alluaudi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/terrestrial-beach-hopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}