Leptograpsodes octodentatus, known as the burrowing shore crab,[4] is a species of crab in the superfamily Grapsoidea,[5] It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsodes,[2] and the family Leptograpsodidae.

[5] The species epithet octodentatus refers to four pairs of teeth (including the orbital angle) on the sides of the carapace,[4] although the fourth is very small.

[4] These differences caused them to originally be given multiple species names.

[citation needed] It is typically found on southern Australian seashores in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (north to the Abrolhos islands),[4][6] and tends to live near fresh or brackish water,[4] but never far from the shore.

[4] It lives in shallow burrows, above the high tide line, and comes out to feed at night, on rotting vegetation and animal debris.