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Horn-eyed ghost crab
Ocypode brevicornis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 444983, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Horn-eyed ghost crab
- Scientific
- Ocypode brevicornis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Shore: beaches, rocks and coastal vegetation at and above the high-tide line
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A ghost crab with stalked eyes ending in short horns. It lives in burrows on sandy beaches.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Ocypode-brevicornis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444983
- inaturalist.org /taxa/361850
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sand_Crabs_(Ocypode_brevicornis)_-_Chennai,_India.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.