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Ghost crab

Ocypode gaudichaudii

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Atul
Atul 12 years ago
Ghost crab
Ocypode gaudichaudii


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12 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Moved to Arthropods

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

They are Sand Crab...already they are appeared on Project Noah..

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

great eyes!

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Atul, thank you. I looked it up a while ago, and it came up as a red crab in India...which made no sense to me, but I'm not from India, nor do I know anything about the country. So, I posted what I found. I was hoping someone who knew would explain.

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

it is a ghost crab Heather

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Red crab (India), Ghost Crab

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypode_gau...

"A great one! Very cute!"

bowhunter187
bowhunter187 12 years ago

they are Red Fiddler crabs great pics

CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 12 years ago

nice series - but they are not fish so I changed your category to "other" . Keep taking great photos and sharing!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Very nice series!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Great Eyes..Like Periscope.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Graet Eyes...

SushilBarai
Spotted by
SushilBarai

India

Spotted on Jun 9, 2011
Submitted on Jun 12, 2011

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