- Animals
- ›Arthropods
- ›Crustaceans
- ›Typical Crustaceans
- ›Malacostracans
- ›Decapods, Isopods, and allies
- ›Decapods and Krill
- ›Decapods
- ›Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, and Allies
- ›True Crabs
- ›Eubrachyuran Crabs
- ›Thoracotrematan Crabs
- ›Ghost, Fiddler, Sand Bubbler Crabs and Allies
- ›Ghost and Fiddler Crabs
- ›Ghost Crabs
Ghost Crabs
Ocypode
Ocypode is a genus of ghost crabs found in the sandy shores of tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. They have a box-like body, thick and elongated eyestalks, and one claw is larger than the other in both males and females. They inhabit deep burrows in the intertidal zone. They are primarily nocturnal, and are generalist scavengers and predators of small animals. The genus contains 21 species.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Atlantic Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode quadrata
Horned Ghost Crab Complex
complexOcypode ceratophthalmus
Painted Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode gaudichaudii
Pallid Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode pallidula
Gulf Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode occidentalis
Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode cordimana
Ocypode sinensis
speciesOcypode sinensis
Pink Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode ryderi
Tufted Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode cursor
Ocypode stimpsoni
speciesOcypode stimpsoni
Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode brevicornis
Red Sea ghost crab
speciesOcypode saratan
Red Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode macrocera
Golden Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode convexa
Rounded Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode rotundata
African Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode africana
Ocypode nobilii
speciesOcypode nobilii
Kimberley ghost crab
speciesOcypode fabricii
Ocypode pauliani
speciesOcypode pauliani
Madagascan Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode madagascariensis
Ocypode kuhlii
speciesOcypode kuhlii
Ocypode mortoni
speciesOcypode mortoni
Ocypode jousseaumei
speciesOcypode jousseaumei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Ocypode in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53738.