Ocypode fabricii
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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| Ocypode fabricii dorsal aspect (legs excluded) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Genus: | Ocypode |
| Species: | O. fabricii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocypode fabricii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
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| Ocypode fabricii distribution range (in green) | |
See also
References
- 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.
- Giuseppe Nobili (1905). "Note sur Ocypoda fabricii Milne-Edwards" (PDF). Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 11 (4): 229–235.
- Barry Wilson (2013). The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf: Environmental Change and Life's Response. Elsevier. p. 224. ISBN 9780124114883.
External links
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