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Emerita  Scopoli, 1777
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98132

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderAnomura MacLeay, 1838  
                                        SuperfamilyHippoidea Latreille, 1825 – sand crabs, mole crabs  
                                           FamilyHippidae Latreille, 1825 – sand crabs  
                                              GenusEmerita Scopoli, 1777  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Emerita analoga (Stimpson, 1857) – Pacific sand crab 
                                                 Species Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937  
                                                 Species Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935 – Benedict sand crab 
                                                 Species Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935  
                                                 Species Emerita emeritus (Linnaeus, 1767)  
                                                 Species Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965  
                                                 Species Emerita karachiensis Niazi & Haque, 1974  
                                                 Species Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935 – Puerto Rican sand crab 
                                                 Species Emerita rathbunae Schmitt, 1935  
                                                 Species Emerita taiwanensis Hsueh, 2015  
                                                 Species Emerita talpoida (Say, 1817) – Atlantic sand crab 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Emerita   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Boyko, Christopher B., and Patsy A. McLaughlin  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of Anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world [...]. Part 4 - Hippoidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 23   
  Page(s): 139-151   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228621575   
  Reference for: Emerita   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hsueh, Pan-Wen  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of Emerita (Decapoda, Anomura, Hippidae) from Taiwan, with a key to species of the genus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Crustaceana, vol. 88, no. 3   
  Page(s): 247-258   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1568-5403   
  Notes: doi: 10.1163/15685403-00003413   
  Reference for: Emerita   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
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