Scopimera inflata | |
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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. [1] Scopimera inflata are sand coloured and small sized with adults growing to 12mm across. [2] 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. [3]