---
title: "Pallid Ghost Crab"
description: "Ocypode pallidula — Outros animais. Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pallid-ghost-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pallid Ghost Crab

> Ocypode pallidula — Outros animais. Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region.

- Scientific name: *Ocypode pallidula*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2688
- Wikidata: [Q3933504](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3933504)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53737)

## Names

- en: Pallid Ghost Crab
- es: Cangrejo fantasma pálido
- fr: Crabe fantôme livide

## Countries with the most observations

US (604), IN (76), MU (30), TH (18), RE (17), ID (15), PF (12), NC (10), MY (9), MM (7), VU (5), PH (4)

## Summary

Ocypode pallidula, the pallid ghost crab, is a small ghost crab that digs burrows in beaches of the Indo-Pacific region. Its carapace is usually about 1 inch (25 mm) wide. Their name means pale.
They build burrows by flipping excavated sand in a fan shape.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4598459

## Machine access

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