---
title: "Atlantic Ghost Crab"
description: "Ocypode quadrata — Altri animali. The Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) is a species of ghost crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-ghost-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Ghost Crab

> Ocypode quadrata — Altri animali. The Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) is a species of ghost crab.

- Scientific name: *Ocypode quadrata*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 27360
- Wikidata: [Q1465338](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1465338)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53875](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53875)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Ghost Crab
- de: Westatlantische Reiterkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo fantasma del Atlántico
- fr: Crabe fantôme atlantique

## Countries with the most observations

US (18077), BR (2497), MX (1207), PR (689), CR (410), CO (365), DO (227), CU (222), MQ (198), BS (162), JM (149), BB (138)

## Summary

The Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) is a species of ghost crab. It is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab; its range of distribution extends from its northernmost reach on beaches in Nova Scotia, Canada and Massachusetts to south along the coasts of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean to the beach of Barra do Chui, in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stacy Shehan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79153503

## Machine access

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