Ocypode pallidula

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]

Ocypode pallidula
Ocypode pallidula and burrow, Mahabalipuram, India
in Mozambique
Scientific classification
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 [1]

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