| 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]