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title: "Pazifische Reiterkrabbe"
description: "Ocypode gaudichaudii — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode gaudichaudii, also known as the painted ghost crab or cart driver crab, is a species of crab found on Pacific beaches from El Salvador to Chile as well as on the Galápagos Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/painted-ghost-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pazifische Reiterkrabbe

> Ocypode gaudichaudii — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode gaudichaudii, also known as the painted ghost crab or cart driver crab, is a species of crab found on Pacific beaches from El Salvador to Chile as well as on the Galápagos Islands.

- Scientific name: *Ocypode gaudichaudii*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3148
- Wikidata: [Q7077175](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077175)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53873](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53873)

## Names

- en: Painted Ghost Crab
- de: Pazifische Reiterkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo playero

## Countries with the most observations

EC (946), CR (865), PE (396), PA (251), CO (209), CL (69), NI (19), SV (11)

## Summary

Ocypode gaudichaudii, also known as the painted ghost crab or cart driver crab, is a species of crab found on Pacific beaches from El Salvador to Chile as well as on the Galápagos Islands. The species was first described by Henri Milne-Edwards and Hippolyte Lucas in 1843.
They are diurnal crustaceans that display a red-orange color with sandy dots across the back of the carapace.
They are described with three distinct feeding behaviors that vary based on food source and development: as deposit feeders, scavengers, and predators. In all methods of feeding, visual clues and chemosensory are used to locate potential…

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

## Photo

![Pazifische Reiterkrabbe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-ghost-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260203199

## Machine access

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