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Tropical Mole Crab

Emerita rathbunae

Classification

Family
Hippidae

Emerita rathbunae is a species of "mole crabs" or "sand crabs" in the genus Emerita that lives along the tropical Pacific coasts of the Americas. Description Emerita rathbunae exhibits an extreme form of sexual dimorphism, with tiny neotenous males attaching themselves to the female's appendages, "thus carrying the tendency for small males in this genus almost to the verge of parasitism". Sexually mature females are typically 33–44 mm (1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 3