Hippidae

Hippidae

Hippidae

Family of crustaceans

Hippidae is a family of decapod crustaceans, currently known by the English name as either mole crab or sand crab, and by an earlier English name as sand bug. They are closely related to the family Albuneidae, with which they are usually joined in the superfamily Hippoidea.[1] The family Hippidae comprises the three genera Emerita, Hippa and Mastigochirus.[2] They burrow into sand,[1] and are found throughout the world, except the Arctic and Antarctic.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Hippidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological catalogue of Australia, Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 68–70. ISBN 978-0-643-05677-0.
  2. [2]
    Christopher Boyko (2010). "Hippidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  3. [3]
    P. McLaughlin, S. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (October 2, 2002). "Hippidae Stimpson, 1858". Anomura: Families. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12.


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