Ocypode pallidula

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Ocypode pallidula
Ocypode pallidula from Point Lookout, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species: O. pallidula
Binomial name
Ocypode pallidula
Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [1]

The pallid ghost crab, Ocypode pallidula, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region.[2] Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide.[2]

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 John P. Hoover (1999). Hawaiʻi's Sea Creatures: a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3. 


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