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Atlantic Ghost Crab
Atlantic Ghost Crab
ocypode quadrata
The Atlantic Ghost Crab is a fun and speedy little crab that loves to scurry across sandy beaches! With its light color, it can blend in with the sand, making it a sneaky critter to spot!
生息地: They live on sandy beaches and coastal areas.
外見
The Atlantic Ghost Crab is a pale, sandy-colored crab with a squarish body and large, stalked eyes. Its light body color allows it to blend almost perfectly into the beach environment, making it incredibly hard to spot as it scurries across the sand.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Malacostraca目Decapoda科Ocypodidae属Ocypode
カテゴリ
Invertebrateレア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Baby ghost crabs start life in the ocean and only move onto land as they grow bigger!
Ghost crabs can breathe air but must keep their gills moist, like they have built-in humidifiers!
If a ghost crab loses a leg in a fight, it can amazingly grow a new one back over time!
They make drumming sounds with their claws to talk to other crabs in their sandy neighborhood.
特殊能力
能力
Sand Camouflage
Atlantic Ghost Crab has a light, sandy exoskeleton that helps them blend seamlessly into the beach to avoid predators.
能力
Lightning Legs
Atlantic Ghost Crab can run incredibly fast across the sand, reaching speeds of up to 8 km/h, to escape danger.
能力
Stalked Spy-Eyes
Atlantic Ghost Crab has eyes on tall stalks that give them nearly 360-degree vision, helping them spot threats quickly.
能力
Underground Home Builder
Atlantic Ghost Crab can quickly dig deep burrows in the sand to hide from the sun, extreme weather, and predators.
サイズと詳細
- Carapace Width
- 7 cm
- 体重
- 90 g
- 寿命
- 4 年
- Top Speed
- 8 km/h
食性と食事
An omnivore, it eats tiny ocean creatures, dead plants, and even other crabs!
主な食物
- Mole Crabs
- Coquina Clams
- Insects
- Carrion
- Sea Turtle Hatchlings
- Detritus
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eaten by
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Gulls often hunt young crabs on the beach.
eaten by
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Raccoons raid beaches at night for crabs.
hunts
Coquina Clam
Donax variabilis
Crabs dig for and consume these small clams.
hunts
Mole Crab
Emerita talpoida
A common food source found in the surf zone.
特徴
別名
Beach CrabGhost CrabSand Crab
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Be careful not to touch their claws, they can pinch!
よくある質問
Atlantic Ghost Crabのcarapace Widthは何ですか？
7 cm
Atlantic Ghost Crabの体重は何ですか？
90 g
Atlantic Ghost Crabの寿命は何ですか？
4 年
Atlantic Ghost Crabのtop Speedは何ですか？
8 km/h
Atlantic Ghost Crabは何を食べますか？
An omnivore, it eats tiny ocean creatures, dead plants, and even other crabs!
Atlantic Ghost Crabは通常どこに生息していますか？
They live on sandy beaches and coastal areas.
Atlantic Ghost Crabはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
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