Ocypode fabricii
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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 |
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| Ocypode fabricii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
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| Ocypode fabricii distribution range (in green) | |
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]
