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• n  small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

• beach flea
• sand hopper
• sandhopper

News & Articles

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• Researcher Allows Sand Flea To Grow Inside Her Foot To Study It
  sciencehabit writes "Marlene Thielecke came to Madagascar to study the sand flea, an insect that spends part of its life cycle burrowed into the human foot — but she wound up getting more intimate with the critter than she cared for. Months into her project, Thieleckewas bitten by a flea herself. She decided to make the best of it, by taking regular photographs and videos and keeping track of ...
  Nov. 9, 2013 - Slashdot