Biology:Ocypode macrocera

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Ocypode macrocera
Red Ghost Crabs IMG 7481.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species:
O. macrocera
Binomial name
Ocypode macrocera
Milne Edwards, 1837[1]

Ocypode macrocera, the red ghost crab, is a species of crab in the family Ocypodidae.[1] It is a medium-sized species of Ocypode found in Pakistan , India (including the Nicobar Islands), Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. In adult males, the outer edges of the eye orbits are tooth-shaped and project forward. The palm of the claws are densely covered with tubercles on the upper surface, with distinctively serrated upper and lower margins. The stridulating ridge has 35 to 56 tubercles with striae. The tip of the smaller claw is characteristically blunt. Their eyestalks possess styles.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13908770 entry