Ocypode saratan explained

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Sakai . Katsushi . Tuerkay . Michael . 2013 . Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) . Memoirs of the Queensland Museum . 56 . 2 . 665–793 . 0079-8835.