Emerita analoga, the Pacific sand crab, Pacific mole crab or coldwater mole crab, is a species of small, sand-burrowing decapod crustacean found living in the sand along the temperate western coasts of North and South America. It is found on exposed sandy beaches in the swash region of the intertidal zone.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Sand Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Emerita rathbunae
- Emerita benedicti
- Emerita brasiliensis
- Emerita talpoida
- Emerita emeritus
- Hippa testudinaria
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Hippidae
- Genus
- Emerita
- Species
- Emerita analoga
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