Hippa

Not to be confused with HIPAA.

For other uses, see Hippa (disambiguation).

Hippa
Hippa adactyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
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]

References

1. Chris Boyko (2010). "Hippa Fabricius, 1787". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
2. Pilar A. Haye; Yan K. Tam; Irv Kornfield (2002). "Molecular phylogenetics of mole crabs (Hippidae: Emerita)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22 (4): 903–915. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0903:MPOMHE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549850.