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title: "Ocellate Lady Crab"
description: "Ovalipes ocellatus — Andere dieren. Ovalipes ocellatus, commonly known as the lady crab, oscellated crab, or calico crab, is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ocellate-lady-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ocellate Lady Crab

> Ovalipes ocellatus — Andere dieren. Ovalipes ocellatus, commonly known as the lady crab, oscellated crab, or calico crab, is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae.

- Scientific name: *Ovalipes ocellatus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 5390
- Wikidata: [Q7113228](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113228)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52521](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52521)

## Names

- en: Ocellate Lady Crab
- es: Cangrejo nadador
- fr: Crabe panthère

## Countries with the most observations

US (4998), CA (269)

## Summary

Ovalipes ocellatus, commonly known as the lady crab, oscellated crab, or calico crab, is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae.

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

## Photo

![Ocellate Lady Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ocellate-lady-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kathryn Hulick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296637365

## Machine access

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