Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region. Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide. Their name means pale.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pallid 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 occidentalis
- Ocypode stimpsoni
- Ocypode cordimana
- Scopimera inflata
- Ocypode brevicornis
- Ocypode quadrata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Genus
- Ocypode
- Species
- Ocypode pallidula
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