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Pallid ghost crab
Ocypode pallidula
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 444993, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pallid ghost crab
- Scientific
- Ocypode pallidula
- 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
The pallid ghost crab is a small, very pale ghost crab of sandy beaches, living in burrows near the waterline.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Ocypode-pallidula.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444993
- inaturalist.org /taxa/53737
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ocypode_pallidula_(MNHN-IU-2011-8905).jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.