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Emerita talpoida (Say, 1817 [in Say, 1817-1818])

cangrejo topo, Mole crabs

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Hippoidea

Family
Hippidae

Genus
Emerita

Species
talpoida

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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"Galapagos Species Database, Emerita talpoida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9229. Accessed 5 November 2026.