Beach Flee

Orchestoidea tuberculata

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

The beach flea hops about the strandline of sandy beaches, living among the flotsam washed up above the high tide mark. It feeds on the decaying organic matter the tide leaves behind.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Amphipoda › Talitridae › Orchestoidea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 237131.