Hippidae
| Hippidae | |
|---|---|
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| Emerita analoga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Hippoidea |
| Family: | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 |
| Genera | |
Hippidae is a family of decapod crustaceans, commonly known as "mole crabs" or "sand crabs". 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]
References
| External identifiers for Hippidae | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 7138 |
| ITIS | 98131 |
| NCBI | 41004 |
| WoRMS | 158390 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Christopher Boyko (2010). "Hippidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ↑ P. McLaughlin, S. Ahyong & J. K. Lowry (October 2, 200). "Hippidae Stimpson, 1858". Anomura: Families. Check date values in:
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