Talitridae (family)
Lawn shrimp, landhopper at Copmanhurst, NSW
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| Talitridae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 6 May 2026 | |
| Talitridae (family) | trevorpreston | 10 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | MazzV | 10 Sep 2025 |
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Alive they look all black, but the first time I saw these, they were pink, having drowned in a pool of water, so I think of them as ‘prawnies’! I have no idea what they are really, but their overall shape is also suggestive of a prawn. Clearly, that they can drown, suggests their structure & movement adaptations do NOT suit them to water! I’ve since seen them in damp soil under logs etc, and they spring about energetically when disturbed. At night during significant rain they may come into the open, as if to avoid the wet.
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Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- MazzV NatureMapr Other Crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea) Other Arthropods Amphipod (order Amphipoda, family Talitridae)
Species information
- Talitridae (family) Scientific name
- Lawn shrimp, landhopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1040.47m Recorded at altitude
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