Scopimera inflata

Scopimera inflata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
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]

References

"Species Scopimera inflata A. Milne-Edwards, 1873". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Davie, Peter (2011). Wild Guide to Moreton Bay and adjacent coasts 2nd edition. Queensland Museum. ISBN 978-0-9870555-7-6.
Fielder, D. R. (1971). "Some aspects of distribution and population structure in the sand bubbler crab Scopimera inflata Milne Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae)". Marine and Freshwater Research. 22 (1): 41–48. doi:10.1071/mf9710041.

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[1] "Species Scopimera inflata A. Milne-Edwards, 1873". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

[2] Davie, Peter (2011). Wild Guide to Moreton Bay and adjacent coasts 2nd edition. Queensland Museum. ISBN 978-0-9870555-7-6.

[3] Fielder, D. R. (1971). "Some aspects of distribution and population structure in the sand bubbler crab Scopimera inflata Milne Edwards, 1873 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae)". Marine and Freshwater Research. 22 (1): 41–48. doi:10.1071/mf9710041.