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Horned Ghost Crab Complex
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
Ocypode ceratophthalma, the horned ghost crab or horn-eyed ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab. It lives in the Indo-Pacific region (except the Red Sea); from the coast of East Africa to the Philippines and from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef. They also occur in the Pacific Islands to as far east as Polynesia and Clipperton Island. As their common name implies, O. ceratophthalma possess eyestalks extending beyond the eyes into long points, which...
3 branches of this group, most-observed first
Horned Ghost Crab
speciesOcypode ceratophthalmus
Ocypode celadon
speciesOcypode celadon
Ocypode urvillii
speciesOcypode urvillii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 567330.