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Ocypode ghost crab (no English common name)
Ocypode celadon
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1878030, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Ocypode ghost crab (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Ocypode celadon
- 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: a pale, sand-coloured crab with long legs and tall, stalked eyes that lives in burrows on sandy beaches. It is mostly active at dusk and at night, when it runs at high speed across the sand to scavenge and hunt. It is one of the commonest beach crabs in the Maldives.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=116, 91 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1878030
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1675782
- inaturalist.org /observations/146234707
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.