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Ocellate Lady Crab
Ovalipes ocellatus
28 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 Rock CrabCancer irroratus
Speckled Swimming CrabArenaeus cribrarius
Atlantic Blue CrabCallinectes sapidus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Asian Shore CrabHemigrapsus sanguineus
Coarsehand Lady CrabOvalipes stephensoni
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Atlantic Sand CrabEmerita talpoida
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,306 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 2,676 |
| Massachusetts | 1,679 |
| New Jersey | 826 |
| New York | 766 |
| Quebec | 749 |
| Nova Scotia | 744 |
| New Brunswick | 689 |
| Virginia | 575 |
| Prince Edward Island | 472 |
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 | Geryonidae |
| Genus | Ovalipes |
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 Ocellate Lady Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.