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Amphipod, Sandhopper (Bellorchestia quoyana)

Scientific name:

Bellorchestia quoyana

Maori name:

Namu Māwhitiwhiti

Other names:

Amphipod, Sandhopper (Bellorchestia quoyana)

Category:

Invertebrate

Phylum:

Arthropoda

Class:

Malacostraca

Family:

Talitridae

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Common habitat(s):

Sandy/Muddy Shore Intertidal

Other information:

Feeding:

Scavenger

Distribution:

New Zealand

Edibility:

Inedible

Size:

Microscopic

Identification:

Laterally compressed.

Habitat:

Often found under drying seaweed. Lives in burrows in the sand.

Diet:

Scavenger

Lifestyle:

Can jump by flexing the abdomen and then strighten in sharply.

Notes:

References:

Collins: Gunson