Horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) in Krabi, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Ocypodidae
Subfamily:
Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
Type genus
Ocypode
Weber, 1795
Genera
Ocypode Weber, 1795
Hoplocypode Sakai &Türkay, 2013
Ghost crabs are semiterrestrial crabs of the subfamily Ocypodinae. They are common shore crabs in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world, inhabiting deep burrows in the intertidal zone. They are generalist scavengers and predators of small animals. The name "ghost crab" derives from their nocturnality and their generally pale coloration.[1][2] They are also sometimes called sand crabs, though the name refers to various other crabs that do not belong to the subfamily.
Characteristics of the subfamily include one claw being larger than the other, thick and elongated eyestalks, and a box-like body. The differences in claw sizes, however, are not as marked as in male fiddler crabs. The subfamily includes 22 species in two genera.
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^Thomas G. Wolcott (1988). "Ecology". In Warren W. Burggren; Brian Robert McMahon (eds.). Biology of the land crabs. Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–97. ISBN 978-0-521-30690-4.
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