Ocypode pallidula
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| Ocypode pallidula | |
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| Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India | |
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| In Mozambique | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Genus: | Ocypode |
| Species: | O. pallidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [1] | |
Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, 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] Their name means pale.[2]
They build burrows by flipping excavated sand in a fan shape.[2]
