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Family: Albuneidae mole crabs (See list of species below)

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28 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Albunea bulla []	No picture found Albunea catherinae []	No picture found Albunea elioti [Mole crabs]
No picture found Albunea gibbesii [Surf mole crab]	No picture found Albunea holthuisi []	No picture found Albunea lucasia []
No picture found Albunea marquisiana []	No picture found Albunea microps []	No picture found Albunea paretii [Beach mole crab]
No picture found Albunea speciosa []	No picture found Albunea steinitzi []	No picture found Albunea symmysta []
No picture found Austrolepidopa caledonia []	No picture found Austrolepidopa schmitti []	No picture found Austrolepidopa trigonops []
No picture found Blepharipoda occidentalis [Spiny mole crab]	No picture found Lepidopa benedicti []	No picture found Lepidopa richmondi []
No picture found Lepidopa websteri []	No picture found Paralbunea chani []	No picture found Paralbunea chirotheca []
No picture found Paralbunea dayriti []	No picture found Paralbunea mariellae []	No picture found Paralbunea paradoxa []
No picture found Squillalbunea scutelloides []	No picture found Stemonopa insignis []	No picture found Zygopa michaelis [Blind mole crab]
No picture found Zygopa nortoni []

28 Species of Family Albuneidae
(mole crabs)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Albunea bulla		Pacific Ocean.
Albunea catherinae		Western Central Atlantic.
Albunea elioti	Mole crabs	Indo-Pacific
Albunea gibbesii	Surf mole crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Albunea holthuisi		Indo-West Pacific.
Albunea lucasia		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Albunea marquisiana		Pacific Ocean
Albunea microps		Indo-West Pacific
Albunea paretii	Beach mole crab	Atlantic Ocean
Albunea speciosa		Indo-Pacific
Albunea steinitzi		Western Indian Ocean.
Albunea symmysta		Indo-Pacific
Austrolepidopa caledonia		Indo-West Pacific	1.15 CL
Austrolepidopa schmitti		Western Central Pacific
Austrolepidopa trigonops		Eastern Indian Ocean
Blepharipoda occidentalis	Spiny mole crab	Eastern Pacific
Lepidopa benedicti		Western Central Atlantic
Lepidopa richmondi		Western Central Atlantic.
Lepidopa websteri		Western Central Atlantic.
Paralbunea chani		Northwest Pacific
Paralbunea chirotheca		Western Central Pacific
Paralbunea dayriti		Indo-Pacific	1.48 CL
Paralbunea mariellae		Indo-West Pacific
Paralbunea paradoxa		Western Central Pacific	0.8 CL
Squillalbunea scutelloides		Indo-Pacific.
Stemonopa insignis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Zygopa michaelis	Blind mole crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Zygopa nortoni		Western Central Pacific

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