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Atlantic Ghost Crab
Ocypode quadrata
17.01, -61.7303
Field Notes
Description:
Adults are greyish or the colour of straw, and around 5 cm (2.0 in) wide at maturity. This one was about half that size. Their stalked compound eyes can swivel to give them 360° vision. Young crabs are cryptically coloured to blend in with their sandy habitats.
Habitat:
Sandy bay.
Notes:
They must return to water periodically to moisten their gills, and when larvae must be released into the sea, but are otherwise terrestrial.
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