Ocypode gaudichaudii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Genus: | Ocypode |
Species: | O. gaudichaudii
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Binomial name | |
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne-Edwards & H. Lucas, 1843
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Ocypode gaudichaudii, also known as the painted ghost crab or cart driver crab, is a species of crab found on Pacific beaches from El Salvador to Chile as well as on the Galápagos Islands. The species was first described by Henri Milne-Edwards and Hippolyte Lucas in 1843.[1]
They are diurnal crustaceans that display a red-orange color with sandy dots across the back of the carapace.[2]
They are described with three distinct feeding behaviors that vary based on food source and development: as deposit feeders, scavengers, and predators.[3] In all methods of feeding, visual clues and chemosensory are used to locate potential food.[4] Their diet includes organic matter within sand, live organisms, and dead matter from both ocean and terrestrial sources.[5]
In Peru, this crab is the host of the acanthocephalan parasite Neoandracantha peruensis.[6]
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