Crabs are one of the most diversified crustaceans among metazoans, from both
morphological and ecological point of view. Among them, ghost crabs (Genus Ocypode; …

DNA barcoding of fiddler crabs Uca annulipes and U. perplexa from the mangrove
ecosystems of the southwest coast of India has been carried out. The sequencing of …

The semi-terrestrial Atlantic ghost crab Ocypode quadrata is a medium-sized species that
inhabits the supralittoral zone in sandy temperate and tropical beaches of the western …

The distribution area of the tufted ghost crab Ocypode cursor includes two widely separate
sub-areas, ie the tropical and subtropical Atlantic coasts of Africa and Macaronesia, and the …

Ghost crabs, as a species of the Ocypode within the subfamily Ocypodinae, are distributed in
the upper intertidal zone worldwide and are ecologically remarkable. They play an important …

The present study focused on the taxonomic, biochemical, and molecular redescription of
the genus Ocypode (Family Ocypodidae) from two localities of the Karachi, Sindh coast …

The fiddler crab Uca annulipes (Milne Edwards, 1837) is thought to be widely distributed in
the Indo-West Pacific. Previous studies showed consistent morphological differences …

Biodiversity habitually refers to the variety of life on earth. The ghost crabs the family
Ocypodidae, to the ghost crabs of the genus Ocypode, species of Ocypode macrocera H …

An attempt was made to revise the molecular phylogeny of extant xiphosurans (Horseshoe
crabs) using universal barcode gene cytochrome oxidase C subunit 1. All four extant …

Aim The high species richness of the Indo‐Australian Archipelago (IAA) marine biodiversity
hotspot has been attributed to three competing hypotheses: Centre of Origin/Centre of …