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Ocypode kuhlii

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Species of crab

Ocypode kuhlii
In Palabuhanratu, West Java, Indonesia.
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. kuhlii
Binomial name
Ocypode kuhlii
De Haan, 1835

Ocypode kuhlii, the Kuhl's ghost crab, is a species of crab from the Ocypode genus. It is a mid to large-sized species of Ocypodidae. The species was described in 1835 by De Haan. This crab is observed very rarely on Christmas Island. It looks similar to the smooth-handed ghost crab.

References

  1. Charles Chilton (1910). "The Crustacea of the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 43: 544.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  3. "Ocypode kuhlii". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  4. "Crab Database · Crabs · Species Ocypode kuhlii". www.crabdatabase.info. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  5. ^ "Ghost crabs | Christmas Island National Park | Parks Australia". christmasislandnationalpark.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
Taxon identifiers
Ocypode kuhlii


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