Emerita analoga

Emerita analoga
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Hippidae
Genus: Emerita
Species:
E. analoga
Binomial name
Emerita analoga
(Stimpson, 1857)
Synonyms 
  • Hippa analoga Stimpson, 1857
  • Hippa chilensis Philippi, 1860 – nomen nudum

Emerita analoga, the Pacific sand crab, Pacific mole crab or coldwater mole crab, is a species of small, sand-burrowing decapod crustacean found living in the sand along the temperate western coasts of North and South America. It is found on exposed sandy beaches in the swash region of the intertidal zone.

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