Quick facts about these tiny crustaceans that are fast burrowers! Mole crabs (Hippid mole crabs, Hippidae, sand crabs). Mole crab facts!

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Witherington, Blair E., and Witherington, Dawn. Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's Guide. United States, Pineapple Press, 2011.

Adams, Aaron J.. Fisherman's Coast: An Angler's Guide to Marine WarmWater Gamefish and Their Habitats. United States, Stackpole Books, 2003.

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By jkirkhart35 originally uploaded to Flickr as Pacific Mole Crab (Emerita analoga), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Alessandro Catenazzi http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, CC BYSA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Kmusser Own work, Elevation data from SRTM, hydrologic data from the National Hydrography Dataset, urban areas from Vector Map, all other features from the National Atlas., CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif. Sand Crab (Emerita analoga), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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