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Genus Ocypode - Ghost Crabs

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Subphylum Crustacea - Crustaceans

Class Malacostraca - Malacostracans

Superorder Eucarida - Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.)

Order Decapoda - Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp

Infraorder Brachyura - True Crabs

Family Ocypodidae - Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs

Genus Ocypode - Ghost Crabs

Species quadrata - Atlantic Ghost Crab

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