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title: "Gehörnte Geisterkrabbe"
description: "Ocypode ceratophthalmus — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode ceratophthalmus, the horned ghost crab or horn-eyed ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/horned-ghost-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gehörnte Geisterkrabbe

> Ocypode ceratophthalmus — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode ceratophthalmus, the horned ghost crab or horn-eyed ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab.

- Scientific name: *Ocypode ceratophthalmus*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1934
- iNaturalist taxon: [1676122](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1676122)

## Names

- en: Horned Ghost Crab
- de: Gehörnte Geisterkrabbe

## Countries with the most observations

AU (888), SG (248), IN (74), TW (49), JP (44), HK (29), TH (26), CN (22), MY (19), ID (13), VN (11)

## Summary

Ocypode ceratophthalmus, the horned ghost crab or horn-eyed ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab. It lives in the Indo-Pacific region (except the Red Sea); from the coast of East Africa to the Philippines and from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef. They also occur in the Pacific Islands to as far east as Polynesia and Clipperton Island. As their common name implies, O. ceratophthalmus possess eyestalks extending beyond the eyes into long points, which are longer in adults, and shorter (or even absent) in juveniles. The crabs have a box-shaped body, 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in) across the carapace, with a darker markings…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypode_ceratophthalmus

## Photo

![Gehörnte Geisterkrabbe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/horned-ghost-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197853562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/horned-ghost-crab?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).