''Blepharipoda occidentalis'', the spiny sand crab or spiny mole crab, is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern

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, from

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. It is oval in shape, growing up to long and wide. It lives on sandy beaches up to under water, and feeds on the remains of other sand crabs that live in the area.

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Blepharipoda occidentalis (Spiny Sandcrab) SLO

Hippoidea Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Crustaceans described in 1840 {{crab-stub