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Scopimera
Sand bubbler crabs (or sand-bubblers) are crabs of the genera Scopimera and Dotilla in the family Dotillidae. They are small crabs that live on sandy beaches in the tropical Indo-Pacific. During the low tide, they form inflated sand pellets that are disintegrated by the incoming high tide.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sand Bubbler
speciesScopimera inflata
Scopimera globosa
speciesScopimera globosa
Scopimera intermedia
speciesScopimera intermedia
Scopimera bitympana
speciesScopimera bitympana
Scopimera longidactyla
speciesScopimera longidactyla
Scopimera ryukyuensis
speciesScopimera ryukyuensis
Scopimera curtelsona
speciesScopimera curtelsona
Scopimera proxima
speciesScopimera proxima
Scopimera sheni
speciesScopimera sheni
Scopimera crabricauda
speciesScopimera crabricauda
Scopimera kochi
speciesScopimera kochi
Scopimera gordonae
speciesScopimera gordonae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129475.