#ocypode

[birdblues]

Atlantic Ghost Crab

[herpsandbirds]

Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata), family Ocypodidae, St. George Island State Park, Eastpoint, FL, USA

photograph by IG: robin.francis.5

[vivsemporium]

CRAB IS HERE!! With more crabbies to draw later on! These are Red Ghost Crabs (Ocypode macrocera) which are found in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar There are many more stickies to come this October, as well as potentially some other forms of merch. This bad boi is already on my Etsy, so check it out! Link is in my bio

[fernwehfamily]

Beste Wohnlage, direkt am Strand. Leider eine Kellerwohnung. 🦀 . #playadominicalito #puntarenas #costarica #costarica🇨🇷 #beachlife #pacific #pacificocean #fernwehfamily #mrcrabs #crab #ghostcrab #ocypode #krabbe #beach #animalphotography (hier: Playa Dominicalito) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNPPlVsV_8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[inatungulates]

Indian humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea

With pink ghost crab Ocypode ryderi

Observed by niallp, CC BY-NC

[colorsoutofearth]

Galapagos Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)

Photo by Ole Jorgen Liodden

[crabbuckit]

I want to hit him with a hammer until he dies

[pulsethebabyoctopus]

As the first of my inaugural posts that aren’t reblogs: animal friends

[t00thpasteface]

the atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, first evolved when a mermaid enchanted a butterscotch candy, imbuing it with a whimsical personality and an olympic-level athletic talent

[craboftheday]

crab of the day is...

the painted ghost crab (ocypode gaudichaudii)

fun fact: it look like mr krabs lol

[captain-kuppa]

Atlantic Ghost Crab, [The Cannibal]

[Ocypode Quadrata]

Ready to learn about the Hannibal Lecter of crustacean family? Hop on board!

Starter : The Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, is a species of ghost crab. It is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab.

Some fun facts about this good spooky fella!

A 2023 study using the well known mirror test found that these crabs seem to be capable of recognizing themselves in a mirror. They are self-aware.

The atlantic ghost crabs must return to water periodically to moisten their gills, and when larvae must be released into the sea, but they are otherwise terrestrial.

Their stalked compound eyes can swivel to give them 360° vision.

Fun Fact! Ghost crabs are arguably the fastest terrestrial invertebrates, capable of running at more than a meter per second.

The Atlantic ghost crab lives in burrows (like fiddle crabs!) in sand above the strandline.

These burrows can be up to 1.3 m (4'3) deep, and can be closed off with sand during hot periods.

Young crabs are cryptically colored to blend in with their sandy habitats. This way predators are less likely to see them.

Ghostie mate can produce a variety of sounds by striking the ground with the claw, by stridulation with the legs, and an incompletely explained "bubbling sound"

O. quadrata is more active at night than in the day, and is an omnivore, eating clams, mole crabs, insects, plant material, detritus, and even other crabs. They also feed on the eggs and hatchlings of sea turtles.

CANNIBALISM!? Traitors shall walk the plank!

Ghost crabs are both predators and scavengers, and they feed at night. Their prey can be influenced by the type of beach they live on.

These fuckers arr' also mostly carnivores. They got taste, don't they?

Pic by Eugene Bobylev | [Credits] | [Credits]

[thefatcat-13]

You have a crab detector blog now?

Wow I guess you really like crabs/silly

i am sooooo normal about crabs (im using this as an excuse to speedrun a few crab facts hold onto your claws)

if you dont like pictures of crabs because they look like spiders dont look below the cut, i will put the information and then pictures of the crabs at the end so if you want you can learn about them without having to see the pics :D

first ima talk about boxer crabs also known as a pom pom crabs or if you’re a NERD lybia tessellata. these guys are named after the sea amenomes they hold in their claws because they box other crabs with them and they also look like pom poms.

next fuckin ghost crabs or Ocypode ceratophthalma i love these guys so much. i need to do a deep dive into these guys but my main favorite fact about these guys is that they have teeth in their stomach (not unusual for crabs) that they grind together to make a growling sound to scare off predators

next we have sally lightfoot crabs or red rock crabs, named after how well they can walk across rocks with their insane agility these bright red crabs are almost impossible to be captured. these agility skills plus the amount of times they molt to make their carapaces super strong make them almost impossible to be killed by predetors. another way they protect themselves against predetors is they they spray water out of their shells to scare them away, tho they keep this water so they can breath on land so they would probably prefer to keep it.

onto my love the fiddler crab. the males have one big claw that they mainly use to impress female fiddler crabs and if that if another fiddler crab catches the females eye then they will fight to the death (okay i dont know if its to the death and i cant double check right now but i know they do fight)

okay im on a bit of a time crunch so this is going to be my last crab but if you want to know anymore then ask me and i will gladly supply information (preferably in the ask box of my @holy-crab-guys account, mainly for organizational reasons.)

ANYWAYS the final crab, you know em, you love em, you may have had em as a pet at one point, HERMIT CRABS!! these guys are not technically true crabs but like they have crab in the name so i will make an exception. these guys arent really a specific kind or crab because the encompass a lot, from the tiny crabs you may have had as a pet or seen in the touchpool of an aquarium to the giant coconut crabs that are rumored to have eaten Amelia Earhart and her bones they are all hermit crabs. while the tiny hermits need to find shells to keep them safe, the giant coconut crabs develop a hard skin as they age and grow out of needing shells. for the tiny ones that need shells tho they look out for pheromones that animals with shells let off when they die so that they can move into their old shells. (i dont know if these pheromones are different for animals with shells ans animals without shells but i will have to look into that.) also they have evolved to have penises that are 60% the length of their body so that they can mate while still in the shell. i didnt know how to work this in but i couldn’t leave it out.

also please fact check me, most of this is from my memory and i know that it isnt the most reliable source. not the scientific names tho i forgot all of those so i had to look em up.

pics below the cut!!!

boxer crab:

ghost crab:

sally lightfoot crab:

fiddler crab:

hermit crab:

BONUS cause it was mentioned, coconut crab:

[herpsandbirds]

Trick or treat! 👻

GET... OUT... OF THE HOUSE...

Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata), family Ocypodidae, St. George Island State Park, Eastpoint, FL, USA

photograph by IG: robin.francis.5

[vivsemporium]

August is HERE!!! This means that I will be regularly posting my wares which you will find at Conquest Games Market and on my Etsy store, alongside a countdown to the market. Day 26! I design stickers when I have fallen into nature and game-related rabbitholes! So here we have the Sunfish (Bump-head Sunfish – Mola alexandrini) and the Red Ghost Crab (Ocypode mancrocera). Both printed from Rad Stickers <3 I do have more to come that will be professionally printed soon.

[stagbeetleboy]

What kind of crab would mas amedda be? Or plagueis if someone asked that one already

Mas Amedda is without a doubt a horn-eyed ghost crab/ ocypode ceratophthalmus

I’m pretty sure these guys can change color (becoming lighter during the day and darker at night) which reminds me of his position beside Chancellor Valorum vs Palpatine.

Another important feature is that ghost crab females have shorter horns in comparison to the males, and chagrians have similar sexual dimorphism with females being without horns.

[cosmicplanarian]

100 Days of Sea Creatures Day 76 - Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)