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Calhoun High School is a public high school located in Port Lavaca. It is part of the Calhoun County Independent School District and serves students throughout Calhoun County . The school was established following the consolidation of all country schools in 1948. [ 2 ]
Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, [3] known as mole crabs, sand fiddlers, sand fleas or sand crabs. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding. [4] [5]
The barred surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus), found off the coast of California, consumes a large number of sand crabs. [6] Surf fishermen use the crabs for bait and commercial bait fisheries extract them from the beach. The sand crabs with soft shells that have just moulted are kept for bait, while the hard-shelled crabs are thrown back into ...
The common term sand crab can refer to various species of crustacean: . Crustaceans of the superfamily Hippoidea, often known as mole crabs; Hippidae, a family within Hippoidea
Hippoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans known as mole crabs or sand crabs. [1] [2] [3] Ecology.
Like all Emerita species, the Atlantic mole crab is a fossorial filter feeder. It requires moving water in order to feed, and it does so by burrowing itself backwards into the sand. [6]
Albuneidae is a little-known family of specialized burrowing sand crabs. There are 50 extant species as well as nine fossil species that have been described. [ 1 ] Fossil specimens have been described from the Cretaceous , [ 2 ] Miocene [ 3 ] and Oligocene .
[1] [2] They are also sometimes called sand crabs, though the name refers to various other crabs that do not belong to the subfamily. Characteristics of the subfamily include one claw being larger than the other, thick and elongated eyestalks, and a box-like body.