Scopimera inflata

Scopimera inflata is an Australian endemic species of sand bubbler crab common to wave exposed and estuarine sandy tropical and subtropical beaches of eastern Australia.^[1] Scopimera inflata are sand coloured and small sized with adults growing to 12mm across.^[2] The species occur in aggregations just below the high tide mark with females and smaller individuals mainly on the seaward side and males on the terrestrial side of the aggregation.^[3]

Scopimera inflata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Dotillidae
Genus:	Scopimera
Species:	S. inflata
Binomial name
Scopimera inflata Milne-Edwards, 1873