Emerita (crustacean)

Emerita
Female Emerita analoga
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Linnaeus, 1767 [2]

Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans,[3] known as mole crabs, sand fiddlers, sand fleas 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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  4. ^ Sand Fleas (Mole Crabs or Sand Crabs) Prime surf fishing bait
  5. ^ "All About Mole Crabs". Archived from the original on 2016-10-18.