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Ovalipes ocellatus A moulted carapace of O. ocellatus Scientific
classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum:
Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder:
Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Ovalipes Species: O.
ocellatus Binomial name Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799) [1]
Synonyms [2]   • Cancer ocellatus Herbst, 1799   • Portunus
pictus Say, 1817  Ovalipes ocellatus is a species of crab from
eastern North America, known as the lady crab, calico crab (not
to be confused with Hepatus epheliticus) or ocellated crab.[3]
It has a shell 3 in (7.6 cm) long and only slightly wider, which
is covered in clusters of purple spots. It occurs from Canada to
Georgia, and lives mainly on molluscs, such as the Atlantic surf
clam.   The carapace of O. ocellatus is slightly wider than
long, at 8.9 centimetres (3.5 in) wide,[3] and 7.5 cm (3.0 in)
long.[4] This distinguishes it from