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Revision as of 10:17, 23 May 2010
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species: Ocypode ryderi
Also Known as the Pink Ghost Crab
Identification
Body is pale pink with distinctive mauve/purple joints to the legs; .square carapace and long, robust legs. The eyes are on long stalks but lack the extended horns found in Ocypode ceratophthalmus. The larger of the two nippers has a granular stridulating organ on the palm which consists of a single row of granules.
Size
35mm
Biology
Abundant on tropical beaches that are exposed to the sea. they burrow deeply by day and emerge at night to feed.
Diet
Deposited carrion and small animals.
Related Species
Ocypode madagascariensis is almost identical but it is sandy coloured and its legs do not have mauve joints.