Ovalipes ocellatus

Ovalipes ocellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ovalipidae
Genus: Ovalipes
Species:
O. ocellatus
Binomial name
Ovalipes ocellatus
(Herbst, 1799) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cancer ocellatus Herbst, 1799
  • Portunus pictus Say, 1817

Ovalipes ocellatus, known as the lady crab, is a species of crab from eastern North America.[1] Other names for it include the leopard crab or Atlantic leopard crab due to the leopard-like rosette patterns on its shell, the calico crab (not to be confused with Hepatus epheliticus), or ocellated crab.[3] It has a shell 3 in (7.6 cm) long and only slightly wider, which is covered in clusters of purple spots. It occurs from Canada to Georgia, and lives mainly on molluscs, such as the Atlantic surf clam.

  1. ^ a b "Ovalipes ocellatus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1799)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  2. ^ P. Davie (2010). "Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Leland W. Pollock (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2399-6.