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Photo by Kristina Day
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Field Notes

Description:

Creature found on land. It has a crab-like shell with eight black shiny legs that are tentacle-like. I was unable to identify it.

Habitat:

It was spotted on Fort Stewart, a military base in Savannah, GA in a wooded area.

Notes:

This was taken by an individual in my community who is known on Facebook as "Mighty Kirby" and stated that this is a "living creature that moves." I do not know how large it is. Can anyone identify?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
MrsPbio
Earth star. Don't know about the "moving" bit though..... walking fungi sounds like something from "Night of the Living Dead".... lol.
RikMartin
I would say earth star fungus of some sort - take a look at this link which shows one very similar http://djringer.com/photos/v/cedar-ridge-070418/earth-star-fungus-1.jpg.html
Jae
Nice one, Kristina. Perhaps it is a Morgan's earthstar (Astraeus morganii), which unfolds itself when wet. The link shows a time lapse video of this process. https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/2014/06/03/twinkly-earthstars/

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PublishedApril 29, 2015

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