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European Sand Hopper

Talitrus saltator

1,712 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 49, February 36, March 57, April 90, May 129, June 141, July 151, August 130, September 95, October 71, November 39, December 30.
United States1,018
Alaska1,018
France142
United Kingdom112
Portugal107
Bretagne73
England49
Spain38
Galicia36
Denmark36

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderAmphipods · Amphipoda
FamilySandhoppers and Landhoppers · Talitridae
GenusTalitrus

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