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Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Creamy white crab, very spunky as it will stand its ground to larger creatures waving its large claw.

Habitat:

Lives in holes dug in the sand on beach

Notes:

Scourge of newly hatched turtles!

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Atlantic ghost crab

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PublishedSeptember 17, 2015

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