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Scientific Name: Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1852
English Name: Red Ghost Crab, Ghost Crab.
Local/Bangla Name: Lal Kakra (লাল কাঁকড়া) Kakra (কাঁকড়া)
Labcode: C1602sb-93
Photo: ABR Lab
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae
Description:
The carapace of this crab is a faint reddish-chestnut color. In adult males, the outer edges of the eye orbits are tooth-shaped and project forward. The stridulating ridge, which is a ridge on the carapace that is used for making sounds, has 35 to 56 tubercles with striae. The tip of the smaller claw is characteristically blunt. The eyestalks of this crab possess styles, which are small, slender projections.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh West Bengal, Sundarbans Mangrove Swamp
Environment:
Marine (Benthic)
Other References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
Shafi M, Quddus MMA (1982) Bangladesher Matsho Shampad (Fisheries of Bangladesh) (in Bangla), Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Pp 483.
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