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Blepharipoda occidentalis (spiny mole crab)

Wikipedia Abstract

Blepharipoda occidentalis, the spiny sand crab or spiny mole crab, is a species of sand crab or mole crab which lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 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. 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Blepharipoda occidentalis

Predators

Myliobatis californica (Bat eagle ray)[1]
Seriphus politus (Drum)[2]
Triakis semifasciata (Leopard shark)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2DIEL AND DEPTH VARIATIONS IN THE SEX-SPECIFIC ABUNDANCE, SIZE COMPOSITION, AND FOOD HABITS OF QUEENFISH, SERIPHUS POLITUS (SCIAENIDAE), Edward E. DeMartini, Larry G. Allen, Robert K. Fountain, and Dale Roberts, FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 83, NO. 2, p. 171-185
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0