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Mole Crabs
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Mole Crabs

Hippoidea

Hippoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans known as sand crabs, mole crabs, or sand fleas.

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3 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Hippid Mole Crabs

familyHippidae

Trichobranchiated Mole Crabs

familyBlepharipodidae

Albuneid Mole Crabs

familyAlbuneidae

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Recorded sightings

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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 47185.