Blepharipoda
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Blepharipoda is a genus of mole crabs
, containing the following species:
Hippoidea
Hippoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans known as sand crabs or mole crabs.-Ecology:Hippoids are adapted to burrowing into sandy beaches, a habit they share with raninid crabs, and the parallel evolution of the two groups is striking...
, containing the following species:
- Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt, 1942
- Blepharipoda liberata Shen, 1949
- Blepharipoda occidentalisBlepharipoda occidentalisBlepharipoda occidentalis, the spiny sand crab or spiny mole crab, is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Central California to Baja California. It is oval in shape, growing up to long and wide. It lives on sandy beaches up to under water, and feeds...
Randall, 1840 - Blepharipoda spinosa (H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841)