Sand crab
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 subfamily Ocypodidae, 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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