Ocypode pallidula | |
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Ocypode pallidula from Point Lookout, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Genus: | Ocypode |
Species: | O. pallidula
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Binomial name | |
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [1]
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The pallid ghost crab, Ocypode pallidula, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region.[2] Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide.[2]