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title: "California Beach Flea"
description: "Megalorchestia californiana — Weitere Tiere. Megalorchestia californiana is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/california-beach-flea
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# California Beach Flea

> Megalorchestia californiana — Weitere Tiere. Megalorchestia californiana is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae.

- Scientific name: *Megalorchestia californiana*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2824
- Wikidata: [Q4474849](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4474849)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63287](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63287)

## Names

- en: California Beach Flea

## Countries with the most observations

US (2286), CA (373), MX (4)

## Summary

Megalorchestia californiana is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae. It was first described in 1851 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt and is the type species of the genus Megalorchestia. It is commonly known as the long-horned beach hopper or the California beach flea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalorchestia_californiana

## Photo

![California Beach Flea](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-beach-flea/medium.jpg)

Photo: Master Algae · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344487227

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-beach-flea?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).