Tags: Crustacean.
The gulf ghost crab Hoplocypode occidentalis is a species of ghost crabs native to the eastern Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Colombia. It is the only species in the genus Hoplocypode. Gulf ghost crabs are medium-sized reaching a maximum overall body diameter of 6 in (15 cm). They are one of only two ghost crab species found in the eastern Pacific (the other being the painted ghost crabs).
