Friday, July 08, 2005

Mole Crab

Also called  sand bug (Emerita, or Hippa, talpoida)  crab of the Atlantic beaches from New England to Mexico. It is so named from its digging mole-fashion in sand. The shell is about 3.75 centimetres (1.5 inches) long, somewhat egg shaped and yellowish white with purplish markings. It lives on beaches in the intertidal zone. E. analoga, a broader and flatter species, occurs on the California coast.

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Blogger Brian said...

This is actually a comment to today's post (July 13) That post has apparently been truncated, and futhermore, no comments can be left to it. Check your blog, and try editing and republishing that post.

10:17 AM  
Blogger thinkpad said...

how about adding pictures to accompany ur posts

10:56 AM  

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