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Scopimera inflata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Dotillidae
Genus:	Scopimera
Species:	S. inflata
Binomial name
Scopimera inflata Milne-Edwards, 1873

Scopimera inflata is an Australian endemic species of sand bubbler crab common to wave exposed and estuarine sandy tropical and subtropical beaches of eastern Australia. Scopimera inflata are sand coloured and small sized with adults growing to 12mm across. The species occur in aggregations just below the high tide mark with females and smaller individuals mainly on the seaward side and males on the terrestrial side of the aggregation.

References

1. "Species Scopimera inflata A. Milne-Edwards, 1873". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
2. Davie, Peter (2011). Wild Guide to Moreton Bay and adjacent coasts 2nd edition. Queensland Museum. ISBN 978-0-9870555-7-6.
3. Fielder, D. R. (1971). "Some aspects of distribution and population structure in the sand bubbler crab Scopimera inflata Milne Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae)". Marine and Freshwater Research. 22 (1): 41–48. doi:10.1071/mf9710041.

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