Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Ocypodidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; brackish.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southwest Atlantic:  Brazil.
			
			
			
			
			
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					Occurs in supralittoral estuarine coasts and intertidal muddy habitat.  An individual digs and occupies a 15 to 20 cm deep burrow (Ref. 104865).  Preyed upon by migratory shorebirds (Ref. 104870).				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				Branco, J.O. 1990 Aspectos ecológicos dos Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) no manguezal do itacorubi, SC - Brasil. Revista Brasiliera de Zoologia 7(1-2):165-179. (Ref. 92174)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
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				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
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					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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