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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 Animals Kingdom Animalia
- Arthropods Phylum Arthropoda
  - 4 Decapods and Krill Superorder Eucarida
  - 7 Amphipods, Isopods, and Allies Superorder Peracarida

Aruga holmesi

Pacific Sand Crab ¹
Emerita analoga

Puerto Rican Sand Crab ²
Emerita portoricensis

Atlantic Sand Crab ³
Emerita talpoida

Excirolana braziliensis

Excirolana mayana

Lysianopsis alba ⁴

Mexorchestia carpenteri raduloviciae ⁵

Biting Fiddler Crab ⁶
Minuca mordax

Pagurotanais largoensis

Tylos marcuzzii

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Sandy Beach Species of the Americas

Aruga holmesi

Pacific Sand Crab 1 Emerita analoga

Puerto Rican Sand Crab 2 Emerita portoricensis

Atlantic Sand Crab 3 Emerita talpoida