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Pallid Ghost Crab

Ocypode pallidula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 45, February 38, March 46, April 28, May 22, June 23, July 31, August 28, September 26, October 30, November 43, December 53.
Hawaii1,185
United States383
India30
Andhra Pradesh10
Tamil Nādu9
Thailand5
Indonesia5
Goa4
Malaysia4
Phuket Province4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyGhost and Fiddler Crabs · Ocypodidae
GenusGhost Crabs · Ocypode

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