Ocypode fabricii

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Ocypode fabricii
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Ocypode fabricii dorsal aspect (legs excluded)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species:
O. fabricii
Binomial name
Ocypode fabricii
Ocypode fabricii range.jpg
Ocypode fabricii distribution range
(in green)

Ocypode fabricii is a species of ghost crabs endemic to the coast of northern and western Australia, from Darwin to Shark Bay. They are medium-sized ghost crabs with a squarish body.[1] The carapace reaches a length of 38 mm (1.5 in) and a width of 40 mm (1.6 in). Like other ghost crabs, one of their claws is much larger than the other.[2] They live in burrows in the intertidal zones of the muddy to sandy beaches of mangrove forests.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ Katsushi Sakai & Michael Türkay (2013). "Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 56 (2): 665–793.
  2. ^ Giuseppe Nobili (1905). "Note sur Ocypoda fabricii Milne-Edwards" (PDF). Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 11 (4): 229–235.
  3. ^ Barry Wilson (2013). The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf: Environmental Change and Life's Response. Elsevier. p. 224. ISBN 9780124114883.

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