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Red Sea Ghost Crab
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Red Sea Ghost Crab

Ocypode saratan, (Forskål, 1775)

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About Red Sea Ghost Crab

Ocypode saratan, also known as the Red Sea ghost crab, is a medium to large-sized species of Ocypode found in the Red Sea. Very common species in the Red Sea, and one of only two species known from there (O. cordimanus, or the smooth-handed ghost crab, has also been recorded in the Red Sea, but only rarely). Also known from Madagascar through Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific. Their eyestalks possess styles.

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