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title: "Smooth-handed Ghost Crab"
description: "Ocypode cordimana — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode cordimana is a species of crab in the family Ocypodidae, sometimes called the smooth-handed ghost crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/smooth-handed-ghost-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Smooth-handed Ghost Crab

> Ocypode cordimana — Weitere Tiere. Ocypode cordimana  is a species of crab in the family Ocypodidae, sometimes called the smooth-handed ghost crab.

- Scientific name: *Ocypode cordimana*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2228
- Wikidata: [Q3016784](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016784)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123384](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123384)

## Names

- en: Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
- fr: Crabe-fantôme commun

## Countries with the most observations

AU (815), SC (97), MV (31), SG (23), TW (19), IN (18), ID (16), GU (14), NC (13), FJ (11), JP (11), MY (10)

## Summary

Ocypode cordimana  is a species of crab in the family Ocypodidae, sometimes called the smooth-handed ghost crab. It is widely distributed in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Smooth-handed Ghost Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smooth-handed-ghost-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: AYArktos · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBayCrab.jpg

## Machine access

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