Atlantic ghost crab

Atlantic ghost crab
Adult O. quadrata by a burrow entrance
Juvenile O. quadrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species:
O. quadrata
Binomial name
Ocypode quadrata
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cancer Fabricius, 1787
  • Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1802
  • Monolepis inermis Say, 1817
  • Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817

The Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, is a species of ghost crab. It is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab;[2] its range of distribution extends from its northernmost reach on beaches in Westport, Massachusetts, south along the coasts of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean to the beach of Barra do Chui, in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.[3]

  1. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  2. ^ Jeffrey S. Pippen (November 12, 2005). "Ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata)". Jeffrey S. Pippen. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Adilson Fransozo, Maria Lucia Negreiros-Fransozo & Giovana Bertini (2002). "Morphometric studies of the ghost crab Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) from Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil". In E. Escobar-Briones; F. Álvarez (eds.). Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea. New York: Kluwer/Plenum. pp. 189–195. ISBN 0-306-47366-6.