| Ocypode pallidula | |
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| Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
The pallid ghost crab, Ocypode pallidula, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region. Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide. Their name means pale.
They build burrows by flipping excavated sand in a fan shape.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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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| Ocypode pallidula | |
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