Ocypode cursor

Ocypode cursor
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Ocypodinae
Species:
O. cursor
Binomial name
Ocypodinae cursor
Synonyms 
  • Cancer cursor Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ocypode ippeus Olivier, 1804

Ocypode cursor, the tufted ghost crab, is a species of ghost crab found on sandy beaches along the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and eastern Mediterranean Sea.