WoRMS taxon details
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
207578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207578)
accepted
Species
Cancer arenarius Toreen in Osbeck, 1765 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Cancer caninus Herbst, 1782 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer francisci Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocipode Urvillei Guérin, 1829 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of junior synonym)
Ocypoda brevicornis var. longicornuta Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ocypoda ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
Ocypoda Macleayana Hess, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocypode brevicornis var. longicornuta Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772) · unaccepted (incorrect spelling under Art....)
incorrect spelling under Art. 31.2.2 (ICZN, 1999)
Ocypode longicornuta Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772) Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86, pls. 1-4. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207578 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772) Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86, pls. 1-4. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001 [details]
original description (of Ocypoda Macleayana Hess, 1865) Hess, W. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 31(1): 127-173, pls. 6-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15862 [details]
original description (of Cancer caninus Herbst, 1782) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer arenarius Toreen in Osbeck, 1765) Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. <em>Rostock.</em> i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120128 [details]
original description (of Cancer francisci Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ocypoda brevicornis var. longicornuta Dana, 1852) Dana, J.D. (1852). Crustacea, Part I. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. C. Sherman: Phildelphia.</em> 13: i-viii + 1-685. [details]
basis of record Serène, R. (1977). Crustacés hippidés et brachyoures des îles Séchelles. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 91: 45-68. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ocypoda Macleayana Hess, 1865) Hess, W. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 31(1): 127-173, pls. 6-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15862 [details]
original description (of Cancer caninus Herbst, 1782) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer arenarius Toreen in Osbeck, 1765) Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. <em>Rostock.</em> i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.120128 [details]
original description (of Cancer francisci Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ocypoda brevicornis var. longicornuta Dana, 1852) Dana, J.D. (1852). Crustacea, Part I. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. C. Sherman: Phildelphia.</em> 13: i-viii + 1-685. [details]
basis of record Serène, R. (1977). Crustacés hippidés et brachyoures des îles Séchelles. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 91: 45-68. [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
George, R.W. (1982). The distribution and evolution of the ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.) of Hong Kong with a description of a new species. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 185-194. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of <em>Uca </em>Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of <em>Uca </em>Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Sandy beaches. [details]Remark O. ceratophthalma in Taylor 1971 and Bouvier 1915. Date of authority given as 1872 in Hartnoll, 1975. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Indo-Pacific ghost crabhorn-eyed ghost crabhorned ghost crab | [details] |
| German | Indopazifische ReiterkrabbeGehörnte Reiterkrabbe | [details] |
| Japanese | ツノメガニ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (553 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ocipode Urvillei Guérin, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ocypode ceratophthalmus)
To GenBank (1354 nucleotides; 1288 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (22 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ocipode Urvillei Guérin, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ocypode ceratophthalmus)
To GenBank (1354 nucleotides; 1288 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (22 records)
From editor or global species database
