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Ocypode pauliani

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Ocypode pauliani
Preserved specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Genus: Ocypode
Species:
O. pauliani
Binomial name
Ocypode pauliani
Crosnier, 1965[1]

Ocypode pauliani is a medium-sized species of Ocypode endemic to Madagascar. They possess 7 to 13 tubercles on their stridulating ridges. The smaller claw is pointed.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ^ 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. ISSN 0079-8835.