Hippa

Not to be confused with HIPAA.
For other uses, see Hippa (disambiguation).
Hippa
Hippa adactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Hippidae
Genus: Hippa
Fabricius, 1787

Hippa is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the family Hippidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
  • Hippa admirabilis (Thallwitz, 1892)
  • Hippa alcimede (De Man, 1902)
  • Hippa australis Hale, 1927
  • Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & Manning, 1970
  • Hippa celaeno (de Man, 1896)
  • Hippa granulatus (Borradaile, 1904)
  • Hippa hirtipes (Dana, 1852)
  • Hippa indica Haig, Murugan & Balakrishnan Nair, 1986
  • Hippa marmorata (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
  • Hippa ovalis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1862)
  • Hippa picta (Heller, 1861)
  • Hippa strigillata (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Hippa testudinaria (Herbst, 1791)
  • Hippa truncatifrons (Miers, 1878)

It is closely related to the genus Emerita, and species have often been transferred between the two genera.[2]

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