Species Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772)
Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
- Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, J. 1772. Spicelegia Zoologica. Berlolini. Fasc. 9. [83 pl. 5 figs 7, 8].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), India.Type locality references:
George, R.W. & Knott, M.E. 1965. The Ocypode Ghost Crabs of Western Australia (Crustacea, Brachyura). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48(1): 15-21 figs 1-3 [18]. - Ocypode urvillei Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1829. Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes. Paris & London : J. B. Baillière 576 pp., 104pls. [1829-1844] [T. 1 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP (can no longer be found and thus presumed lost), Tahiti. - Ocypoda macleayana Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [143 pl. 6 fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype ZMG 126 1 juvenile (now transferred to SMF), Sydney.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- de Man, J.G. 1887. Uebersicht der Indo-pacifischen Arten der Gattung Sesarma Say, nebst einer Kritik der von W. Hess und E. Nauck in den Jahren 1865 und 1880 beschriebenen Decapoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher 2: 639-722 pl. 17 [696]
- Sakai, K. & Türkay, M. 1976. Bemerkungen zu einigen Ocypode-Arten (Crustacea: Decapoda). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57(1/3): 81-96 [87]
- Ng, P.K.L., Eldredge, L.G. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtis in 1938 and 1944. Zootaxa 3099: 43-56 [45 (Table 1), 51]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, coral reef, intertidal, marine, ocean beach, predator.
General References
Barrass, R. 1963. The burrows of Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas) (Crustacea, Ocypodidae) on a tidal wave beach at Inhaca Island, Mocambique. Journal of Animal Ecology 32: 73-85
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |