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Sand flea may refer to: Arthropoda of the class Insecta: Sandfly; Chigoe flea Tunga penetrans; Crustacea of the class Malacostraca: Talitridae; Emerita, also known as mole crab; Culicoides furens, a biting midge known colloquially as "sand fleas", particularly in the Southeastern U.S. Operation Sand Flea, US operations in Panama
Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapterans (true fleas ), do not bite people, and are not limited to sandy beaches.
The mole crab’s relative, the sand flea, is less than a quarter of an inch long and has pincers like crabs. Also called landhoppers or sandhoppers, they can pinch people sitting in the sand.
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Tungiasis is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans, a flea also known as the chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, jigger, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea (and not to be confused with the chigger, a different arthropod).
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In common with other sand fleas of the family Talitridae, P. platensis lives above the littoral zone in moist sand or rotting seaweed. [2] There appears to be competitive exclusion between P. platensis and the native Orchestia gammarellus on European beaches. [2]
Don't believe me? Do a google search for sand flea bait. Or even an image search for "sand flea" and see how many mole crab images pop up. --Jdoty 20 July 2006 In North Carolina they are called sand fleas as well. They are a particularly effective bait for pompano. --SquareWave 02:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC) Called sand fleas throughout the islands ...