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Gulf Ghost Crab
Ocypode occidentalis
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Painted Ghost CrabOcypode gaudichaudii
Pallid Ghost CrabOcypode pallidula
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Tropical Mole CrabEmerita rathbunae
Indo-Pacific Swimming CrabCharybdis hellerii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 774 |
|---|---|
| Baja California Sur | 187 |
| Oaxaca | 143 |
| Nayarit | 107 |
| Sinaloa | 95 |
| Jalisco | 84 |
| Costa Rica | 58 |
| Guerrero | 49 |
| Sonora | 41 |
| Provincia Guanacaste | 34 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Ghost and Fiddler Crabs · Ocypodidae |
| Genus | Ghost Crabs · Ocypode |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Gulf Ghost Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.