Sand crab

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The common term sand crab can refer to various species of crustacean:

  • Crustaceans of the superfamily Hippoidea, often known as mole crabs
  • Emerita, a genus within Hippoidea
  • Crabs of the genus Ocypode, also commonly known as ghost crabs
  • Corystes cassivelaunus, found around the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and North Sea
  • Ovalipes australiensis, found on Australia's south coast
  • Portunus pelagicus, an Indo-Pacific swimming crab


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