Meaning of Atlantic ghost crab | Babel Free

Definitions

Burrowing crab of the species Ocypode quadrata

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“The genus Ocypode was erected by Fabricius (1798) for two of his own species (1793), our Atlantic ghost crab and the racing crab of the coasts of India and Malaya.”

“The Atlantic ghost crab is one of the many resident animals likely to greet the Cape Lookout National Seashore beachcomber.”

“But although the Atlantic ghost crab shown in this picture is near the sea, the adult animals are terrestrial, living in burrows that they dig in the sand.”

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