Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ocypode gaudichaudii
cangrejo fantasma, Ghost crab
Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific, predatory, night-active
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Ocypodoidea
Family
Ocypodidae
Genus
Ocypode
Species
gaudichaudii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843 [in H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842-1844] (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Panamic, Chile-Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands, throughout the archipelago on sandy beaches)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.
- Garth, J.S. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ocypode gaudichaudii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8543. Accessed 10 August 2025.