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Atlantic sand crab

Emerita talpoida

Classification

Family
Hippidae

Emerita talpoida, known generally as the Atlantic mole crab, Atlantic sand crab, or sand fiddler, is a species of mole crab in the family Hippidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Mexico along the shoreline. Range The Atlantic mole crab inhabits the swash zone of sandy beaches from Cape Cod south to the gulf Coast of Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3,081Mexico · 1