Ocypode

Translingual

Ocypode ceratophthalmus (horn-eyed ghost crab)

Etymology

From the stem of Ancient Greek ὠκύπους (ōkúpous), from ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift, fast”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Ocypode f

1. 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