sandhopper
Talitrus saltator
#nm_0586📍 International
- Language
- English
- Transliteration
- sandhopper
Compound: sand + hopper sand: fine granular substrate, hopper: one that hops ↳ hopper from Old English hoppian (to hop, dance), for the animal's jumping locomotion
Sandhopper, a small amphipod about 2 cm long that burrows in beach sand above the tideline and leaps vigorously when disturbed. Common on north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean shores.