Ocypoda (osipoda)

[NL., ocypodan (o-sip'ō-dan), a. and n. [ II. n. A crab of the genus Ocypoda . Ocypodidæ (os-i-pod'i-dē), n . pl . [ Ocypoda + -ida .] A family of stalk-eyed short-tailed ten footed crustaceans, typified by the genus Ocy pod a ; the sand-crabs or racing crabs. It also contains the smaller crabs known as fiddlers , of the genus Gelasimus. Sometimes called horseman-crabs. See cut under Gelasimus .