Painted Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)

Painted Ghost Crab, a reference photo — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Ocypode gaudichaudii, also known as the painted ghost crab or cart driver crab, is a species of crab found on Pacific beaches from El Salvador to Chile as well as on the Galápagos Islands. The species was first described by Henri Milne-Edwards and Hippolyte Lucas in 1843.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Painted 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 stimpsoni
Ocypode occidentalis
Ocypode ryderi
Ocypode brevicornis
Ocypode macrocera

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species: Ocypode gaudichaudii

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