Hippa adactyla

Hippa adactyla
Hippa adactyla, a 22-mm specimen from Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi Regency
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Hippidae
Genus: Hippa
Species:
H. adactyla
Binomial name
Hippa adactyla
Synonyms
  • Remipes testudinarius Latreille, 1806[2]
  • Remipes denticulatifrons White, 1847

Hippa adactyla is a species of small, sand-burrowing decapod crustacean found living along the coasts of Indo-West Pacific waters. It is found on exposed sandy beaches in the swash region of the intertidal zone.

  1. ^ Johan Christian Fabricius (1787). Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus... Vol. I. Copenhagen: C.G. Proft. p. 329.
  2. ^ Pierre André Latreille (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum : secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Vol. I. Paris & Strasbourg: Apud Amand Knig, Bibliopolam. p. 45.