Surf clams and mole crabs are two species that stand out as inhabitants of the surf zone.

The mole crab is a suspension feeder that eats by capturing zooplankton with its antennae.

Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, known as mole crabs or sand crabs.

Seabirds also eat Emerita, but do not appear to target the aggregations of mole crabs.

Rarely, it can be found on sandy beaches hunting for mole crabs.

Albunea is a genus of mole crab within the Albuneidae.

Blepharipoda is a genus of mole crabs, containing the following species:

They closely resemble the (unrelated) mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution.

Here the eggs are transported by the currents until they are accidentally ingested by a filter-feeding mole crab.

Profilicollis altmani - infects mole crabs as intermediate hosts in the United States.