Pallid Ghost Crab

Ocypode pallidula

• Group: Crab

A pale ghost crab of sandy beaches, it scuttles across the intertidal on long legs and digs deep burrows above the waterline. It is mostly active at night, racing for the safety of its hole at the first sign of movement.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Ocypode

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 444993.