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Ocypode saratan

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Species of crab

Ocypode saratan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species: O. saratan
Binomial name
Ocypode saratan
(Forskål, 1775)

Ocypode saratan, also known as the Red Sea ghost crab, is a medium to large-sized species of Ocypode found in the Red Sea. Very common species in the Red Sea, and one of only two species known from there (O. cordimanus, or the smooth-handed ghost crab, has also been recorded in the Red Sea, but only rarely). Also known from Madagascar through Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific. Their eyestalks possess styles.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. Sakai, Katsushi; Tuerkay, Michael (2013). "Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 56 (2): 665–793. ISSN 0079-8835.
Taxon identifiers
Ocypode saratan


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