Ghost crab
A ghost crab is crab of the genus Ocypode. Characteristics of the genus include one claw being larger than the other, but this difference is not as marked as in male fiddler crabs.
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| Horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) in Krabi, Thailand | |
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| Subfamily: | Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
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| Ocypode Weber, 1795
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Ghost Crab Media
Exophthalmy in the painted ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Stridulating (sound-producing) ridge on the larger claw of Ocypode brevicornis
Ocypode madagascariensis digging a burrow
A horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) preying on a loggerhead hatchling in Gnaraloo, Western Australia: Ghost crabs are one of the chief causes of egg and hatchling mortality in sea turtles.
Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) emerging from its burrow in Cahuita, Costa Rica
Horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) from a black sand beach in Kauai
Sand Crab carrying eggs in Cancun Mexico (Ocypodidae)
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