Hippa adactyla
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| Hippa adactyla, a 22-mm specimen from Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi Regency | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Hippidae |
| Genus: | Hippa |
| Species: | H. adactyla |
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Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787 |
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Hippa adactyla is a species of small, sand-burrowing decapod crustacean found living along the coasts of Indo-West Pacific waters. It is found on exposed sandy beaches in the swash region of the intertidal zone.
A small crustacean. Carapace ovate, more long than wide; neotype measurements: 25.1 mm × 22.5 mm. Females tends to have larger bodies than males; on the southern coast of Java, the carapace length is 17.6–34.9 mm in females or 18.1–27.7 in males.
According to Haig (1974):
Hippa adactyla occurs in Indo-West Pacific waters: from Madagascar eastward to the Marquesas Islands, northward to Japan (Misaki, Sagami Bay), and southward to Queensland (Australia).
This small crustacean is especially found on sandy bottoms of low intertidal to shallow subtidal.
Known locally as yutuk in southern coasts of Central Java, this crustacean is often caught by local people and cooked as a delicacy.
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