Ocypode fabricii explained

Ocypode fabricii is a species of ghost crabs endemic to the coast of northern and western Australia, from Darwin to Shark Bay. They are medium-sized ghost crabs with a squarish body.[1] The carapace reaches a length of 38mm and a width of 40mm. Like other ghost crabs, one of their claws is much larger than the other.[2] They live in burrows in the intertidal zones of the muddy to sandy beaches of mangrove forests.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Katsushi Sakai & Michael Türkay. 2013. Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 56. 2. 665–793.
  2. Giuseppe Nobili. 1905. Note sur Ocypoda fabricii Milne-Edwards. Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 11. 4. 229 - 235.
  3. Book: Barry Wilson. The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf: Environmental Change and Life's Response . Elsevier. 2013. 224. 9780124114883.

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