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Painted Ghost Crab
Ocypode gaudichaudii Ocypode gaudichaudii


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2 Comments

Again, great shot! These guys live on the organic material they sift out of the sand they scrape up with their claws. After the sifting process they dump the sand as the little balls you see....

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Moved to the Arthropods. :-)

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Parroquia Bella Vista, Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on Aug 4, 2014
Submitted on Aug 4, 2014

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