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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae fiddler and ghost crabs

Genus: Ocypode

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21 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 3.4 cm CW
 
Ocypode africana
[African ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode brevicornis
[]

Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode ceratophthalmus(Pallas, 1772)

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
[Horned ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode convexa
[Golden ghost crab]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode cordimanusDesmarest, 1825

Photo by Auscape International
 
Ocypode cordimanus
[Smooth eyed ghost crab]

Tiralongo, Francesco

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 4.6 cm CL
Ocypode cursor(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco
 
Ocypode cursor
[Tufted ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode fabricii
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode gaudichaudii
[Painted ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode jousseaumei
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode kuhlii
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode macrocera
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode madagascariensis
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode mortoni
[]

Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode pallidulaJacquinot, 1846

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Ocypode pallidula
[Pallid ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode pauliani
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode platytarsis
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Hirose, Gustavo

Western Atlantic

Ocypode quadrata(Fabricius, 1787)

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Ocypode quadrata
[Atlantic ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode rotundata
[Rounded ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode ryderi
[Pink ghost crab]
No picture found
 
Ocypode saratan
[]
No picture found
 
Ocypode stimpsoni
[]


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