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Ocypode pallidula
	Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ocypodidae
Genus:	Ocypode
Species:	O. pallidula
Binomial name
	Ocypode pallidula; Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846

The pallid ghost crab, Ocypode pallidula, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region.^[2] Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide.^[2] Their name means pale.^[2]

They build burrows by flipping excavated sand in a fan shape.^[2]

References

^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d John P. Hoover (1999). Hawaiʻi's Sea Creatures: a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3.

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[Grave-1] Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.

[Hoover-2] John P. Hoover (1999). Hawaiʻi's Sea Creatures: a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3.

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