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Family: Hippidae sand crabs (See list of species below)

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16 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Emerita analoga [Coldwater mole crab]	No picture found Emerita austroafricana []	No picture found Emerita benedicti [Benedict sand crab]
No picture found Emerita holthuisi []	No picture found Emerita portoricensis [Puerto Rican sand crab]	No picture found Emerita rathbunae [Tropical mole crab]
No picture found Emerita talpoida [Atlantic sand crab]	No picture found Hippa adactyla [Turtle crab]	No picture found Hippa australis [Mole crab]
No picture found Hippa celaeno []	No picture found Hippa marmorata []	No picture found Hippa ovalis [Sand crabs]
No picture found Hippa pacifica [Pacific mole crab]	No picture found Hippa strigillata [Striated mole crab]	No picture found Hippa testudinaria []
No picture found Mastigochirus quadrilobatus []

16 Species of Family Hippidae
(sand crabs)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Emerita analoga	Coldwater mole crab	Eastern Pacific
Emerita austroafricana		Western India Ocean
Emerita benedicti	Benedict sand crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Emerita holthuisi		Western Indian Ocean.
Emerita portoricensis	Puerto Rican sand crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Emerita rathbunae	Tropical mole crab	Eastern Pacific
Emerita talpoida	Atlantic sand crab	Southeast Pacific and Wes
Hippa adactyla	Turtle crab	Indo-Pacific
Hippa australis	Mole crab	East Indian Ocean
Hippa celaeno		Indo-West Pacific
Hippa marmorata		Indo-Pacific.
Hippa ovalis	Sand crabs	Indo-Pacific.
Hippa pacifica	Pacific mole crab	Indo-Pacific and Western
Hippa strigillata	Striated mole crab	Eastern Central Pacific
Hippa testudinaria		Atlantic Ocean.
Mastigochirus quadrilobatus		Indo-West Pacific.

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