Hippa

Hippa
Hippa adactyla
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Hippidae
Genus: Hippa
Fabricius, 1787

Hippa is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the family Hippidae, containing the following species:

  • Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
  • Hippa admirabilis Thallwitz, 1892
  • Hippa alcimede de Man, 1902
  • Hippa australis Hale, 1927
  • Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & Manning, 1970
  • Hippa celaeno de Man, 1896
  • Hippa granulatus Borradaile, 1904
  • Hippa hirtipes Dana, 1852
  • Hippa indica Haig, Murugan & Balakrishnan Nair, 1986
  • Hippa marmorata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
  • Hippa picta Heller, 1861
  • Hippa strigillata Stimpson, 1860
  • Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
  • Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878

It is closely related to the genus Emerita, and species have often been transferred between the two genera.

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