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Blepharipoda occidentalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Blepharipodidae
Genus:	Blepharipoda
Species:	B. occidentalis
Binomial name
Blepharipoda occidentalis J. W. Randall, 1840

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. It is oval in shape, growing up to 3 inches (76 mm) long and 1.75 in (44 mm) wide. It lives on sandy beaches up to 30 metres (98 ft) under water, and feeds on the remains of other sand crabs that live in the area.

References

1. ^ "Blepharipoda occidentalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
2. Frederic Gomes Cassidy & Joan Houston Hall (1985). Dictionary of American Regional English: I-O. Harvard University Press. pp. 635. ISBN 978-0-674-20519-2.
3. "Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall, 1840". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
4. ^ "Field Guide: spiny mole crab (Blepharipoda occidentalis)". Point Reyes Ecosystem Field Trip. San Francisco State University. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

External links

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