Ghost crab
genus of crustaceans
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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