Ocypode quadrata
Atlantic Ghost Crab
Ocypode quadrata: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Class: Malacostraca (woodlice, shrimp, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
- Order: Decapoda (crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp)
- Family: Ocypodidae (fiddler crabs, ghost crabs)
- Genus: Ocypode
- Species: Ocypode quadrata
- Common Names: Atlantic Ghost Crab
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Ocypode quadrata
Cape San Blas
Port St. Joe, FL
June 16, 2002
Photo contributed by Jessica Gengo
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Ocypode quadrata