''Blepharipoda'' is a genus of
mole crabs
Hippoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans known as sand crabs or mole crabs.
Ecology
Hippoids are adapted to burrowing into sandy beaches, a habit they share with raninid crabs, and the parallel evolution of the two groups is striking. ...
, containing the following species:
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Blepharipoda doelloi''
Schmitt, 1942
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Blepharipoda liberata''
Shen, 1949
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Blepharipoda occidentalis
''Blepharipoda occidentalis'', the spiny sand crab or spiny mole crab, is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Central California to Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), offic ...
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Randall, 1840
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Blepharipoda spinosa''
(H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841)
Blepharipoda liberata is harvested for food in China and has been described as "delicious."
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References
Hippoidea
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