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Spotting

Notes:

Found on beach

1 Species ID Suggestions

Beck
Beck 12 years ago
Sand Flea
Emerita analoga Emerita analoga (Stimpson, 1857)


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2 Comments

ScottWebster
ScottWebster 12 years ago

Are they a giant sand flea? This on was 2 inches long and about 3/4 inch round roughly

Beck
Beck 12 years ago

I'm pretty sure that's a female, they lay orange eggs. I see their Atlantic cousins all the time in North Carolina :]

ScottWebster
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ScottWebster

California, USA

Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011

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