Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)

Cancer albicans minor littoralis Fermin, 1765: 73, Suriname. In Holthuis (1959a: 259) this is a synonym of O. quadrata .

Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1801 – Durand 1959: 32, French Guiana [id. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier 1959b: 515, French Guiana [Cayenne, 15/06/1953]. Accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) in WoRMS (2023).

Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817 – Young 1900: 267,? Guyana [“I have heard that they are found in the Essequibo River of British Guiana, but I have not found them there or in the Berbice River”]. Accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) in WoRMS (2023).

Ocypode quadrata – Holthuis 1959a: 259, Suriname. — Tricart & Foubert 2000: tab. 1, French Guiana [list]. — Corbari et al. 2015: 165–167, French Guyana [Iles du Salut 2014 Expedition, http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2014-8360, stn SM07, 5/10/2014, littoral, MNHN-IU-2014-8360].

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine (littoral, mangrove).