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Sign in to saveOcypode is a genus of ghost crabs found in the sandy shores of tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. They have a box-like body, thick and elongated eyestalks, and one claw is larger than the other in both males and females. They inhabit deep burrows in the intertidal zone. They are primarily nocturnal, and are generalist scavengers and predators of small animals. The genus contains 21 species.
Species
ghost crabs
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyOcypodidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded35,356
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,030
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, France, Australia, Maldives, Tanzania
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ocypodinae
- Image
- BBayCrab2.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Ocypode
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Ocypode
- topic's main category
- Category:Ocypode
- taxon common name
- Kum yengeci
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