Blepharipoda occidentalis, the spiny sand crab[1] or spiny mole crab,[2] is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean,[3] from Central California to Baja California. It is oval in shape, growing up to 3 inches (76 mm) long and 1.75 in (44 mm) wide.[4] It lives on sandy beaches up to 30 metres (98 ft) under water, and feeds on the remains of other sand crabs that live in the area.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Blepharipodidae |
| Genus: | Blepharipoda |
| Species: | B. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Blepharipoda occidentalis J. W. Randall, 1840 [1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Blepharipoda occidentalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ Frederic Gomes Cassidy & Joan Houston Hall (1985). Dictionary of American Regional English: I-O. Harvard University Press. pp. 635. ISBN 978-0-674-20519-2.
- ^ "Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall, 1840". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "Field Guide: spiny mole crab (Blepharipoda occidentalis)". Point Reyes Ecosystem Field Trip. San Francisco State University. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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