Species under Ocypode
n= 19
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Ocypode africana
De Man, 1881
African ghost crab Eastern Atlantic 3.4
Ocypode brevicornis
Milne Edwards, 1837
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
(Pallas, 1772)
Horned ghost crab Indo-Pacific
Ocypode convexa
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode cordimanus
Desmarest, 1825
Smooth eyed ghost crab Indo-Pacific
Ocypode cursor
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Tufted ghost crab Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean 4.6
Ocypode fabricii
Milne Edwards, 1837
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode jousseaumei
(Nobili, 1905)
Indo-Pacific
Ocypode kuhlii
De Haan, 1835
South Western Pacific
Ocypode macrocera
Milne Edwards, 1852
Eastern Indian Ocean
Ocypode madagascariensis
Crosnier, 1965
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode mortoni
George, 1982
Northwest Pacific
Ocypode pallidula
Jacquinot, 1846
Pallid ghost crab Indo-Pacific
Ocypode platytarsis
Milne Edwards, 1852
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode quadrata
(Fabricius, 1787)
Atlantic ghost crab Western Atlantic
Ocypode rotundata
Miers, 1882
Rounded ghost crab Indo-Pacific
Ocypode ryderi
Kingsley, 1880
Western Indian Ocean
Ocypode saratan
(Forskål, 1775)
Indo-Pacific
Ocypode stimpsoni
Ortmann, 1897
Northwest Pacific
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