Sand crab

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
• Emerita (crustacean), a genus within Hippidae
• Crabs of the subfamily Ocypodidae, also commonly known as ghost crabs
• Corystes cassivelaunus, found around the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and North Sea
• Ovalipes australiensis, found on Australia's south coast
• Portunus pelagicus, an Indo-Pacific swimming crab