---
title: "Cangrejo topo"
description: "Emerita talpoida — Otros animales. Emerita talpoida, known generally as the Atlantic mole crab, Atlantic sand crab, or sand fiddler, is a species of mole crab in the family Hippidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/atlantic-sand-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cangrejo topo

> Emerita talpoida — Otros animales. Emerita talpoida, known generally as the Atlantic mole crab, Atlantic sand crab, or sand fiddler, is a species of mole crab in the family Hippidae.

- Scientific name: *Emerita talpoida*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 8069
- Wikidata: [Q6488839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6488839)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47182)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Sand Crab
- es: Cangrejo topo
- fr: Hippa commun

## Countries with the most observations

US (7496), MX (9)

## Summary

Emerita talpoida, known generally as the Atlantic mole crab, Atlantic sand crab, or sand fiddler, is a species of mole crab in the family Hippidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Mexico along the shoreline.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerita_talpoida

## Photo

![Cangrejo topo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-sand-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3336128

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-sand-crab?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).