Ocypode pallidula
| Ocypode pallidula | |
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| Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India | |
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| In Mozambique | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Genus: | Ocypode |
| Species: | O. pallidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [1] | |
Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, 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] Their name means pale.[2]
They build burrows by flipping excavated sand in a fan shape.[2]
References
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- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ a b c d 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.