Emerita (crustacean)
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Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans,[3] known as mole crabs, sand fiddlers, or sand crabs. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding.[4][5]
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Emerita | |
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Female Emerita analoga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Hippidae |
Genus: | Emerita Scopoli, 1777 [1] |
Type species | |
Cancer emeritus |
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