Ocypode
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Ocypode ceratophthalmus (horn-eyed ghost crab)
Translingual
Etymology
From the stem of Ancient Greek ὠκύπους (ōkúpous), from ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift, fast”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Proper noun
Ocypode f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ocypodidae – the ghost crabs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Thoracotremata - subsection; Ocypodoidea - superfamily; Ocypodidae - family; Ocypodinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ocypode ceratophthalmus (horned ghost crab, horn-eyed ghost crab) - type taxon; for 24 other species see Ocypode at World Register of Marine Species .
References
Ocypode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ocypode on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ocypode on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ocypode at World Register of Marine Species
