Ocypode fabricii
Species of crab / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ocypode fabricii is a species of ghost crabs endemic to the coast of northern and western Australia, from Darwin to Shark Bay. They are medium-sized ghost crabs with a squarish body.[1] The carapace reaches a length of 38 mm (1.5 in) and a width of 40 mm (1.6 in). Like other ghost crabs, one of their claws is much larger than the other.[2] They live in burrows in the intertidal zones of the muddy to sandy beaches of mangrove forests.[3]
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Ocypode fabricii | |
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Ocypode fabricii dorsal aspect (legs excluded) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Genus: | Ocypode |
Species: | O. fabricii |
Binomial name | |
Ocypode fabricii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
Ocypode fabricii distribution range (in green) |
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