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Ocypode ryderi, also known as the pink ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab found on the east coast of Africa from the Eastern Cape Region to Kenya.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pink Ghost Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ocypode saratan
- Ocypode cursor
- Ocypode urvillii
- Ocypode ceratophthalmus
- Ocypode rotundata
- Ocypode gaudichaudii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Genus
- Ocypode
- Species
- Ocypode ryderi
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