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Family Ocypodidae - fiddler and ghost crabs
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Order
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Class
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Malacostraca
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No. of Species in Ref.
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122
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Environment
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Fresh : No |
Brackish : No |
Marine : No
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First Fossil Record
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Ref.. De Grave, S., N. Dean Pentcheff, S.T. Ahyong, T.-Y. Chan, K.A. Crandall, P.C. Dworschak, D.L. Felder, R.M. Feldmann, C.H.J.M. Fransen, L.Y.D. Goulding, R. Lemaitre, M.E.Y. Low, J.W. Martin, P.K.L. Ng, C.E. Schweitzer and S.H. … Tan 2009 | |
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Remark
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Carapace usually rectangular or nearly so; front relatively narrow and somewhat bent downward, without teeth; orbits occupying whole anterior border outside front, outer walls of orbits often open, eyestalks long (longer than width of front); third maxilli peds usually completely covering mouth cavity; last 4 pairs of walking legs similar (apart from differences in length and pubescence), with hairs and granules; dac tyls smooth or ridged but not conspicuously spiny (Ref. 104052).
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