Biology:Ocypode pallidula
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Short description: Species of crab
| Ocypode pallidula | |
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| Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India | |
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| In Mozambique | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Genus: | Ocypode |
| Species: | O. pallidula
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| Binomial name | |
| Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [1]
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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]
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 John P. Hoover (1999). Hawaiʻi's Sea Creatures: a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing. pp. 276. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q3933504 entry
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