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Sandy Beach Species of the Americas

This is a curated list of species that occurs in rocky shores across the Americas as part of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole project (https://marinebon.github.io/p2p), funded by NASA and NOAA.

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Taxonomy
« Back To Decapods, Isopods, and Allies Subclass Eumalacostraca
- Decapods and Krill Superorder Eucarida
  - 3 Anomurans Infraorder Anomura
  - 1 True Crabs Infraorder Brachyura

Pacific Sand Crab ¹
Emerita analoga

Puerto Rican Sand Crab ²
Emerita portoricensis

Atlantic Sand Crab ³
Emerita talpoida

Biting Fiddler Crab ⁴
Minuca mordax

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Sandy Beach Species of the Americas

Pacific Sand Crab 1 Emerita analoga

Puerto Rican Sand Crab 2 Emerita portoricensis

Atlantic Sand Crab 3 Emerita talpoida

Biting Fiddler Crab 4 Minuca mordax

Pacific Sand Crab ¹
Emerita analoga

Puerto Rican Sand Crab ²
Emerita portoricensis

Atlantic Sand Crab ³
Emerita talpoida

Biting Fiddler Crab ⁴
Minuca mordax