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Creature found on land. It has a crab-like shell with eight black shiny legs that are tentacle-like. I was unable to identify it.
It was spotted on Fort Stewart, a military base in Savannah, GA in a wooded area.
This was taken by an individual in my community who is known on Facebook as "Mighty Kirby" and stated that this is a "living creature that moves." I do not know how large it is. Can anyone identify?
Spotted on Apr 29, 2015
Submitted on Apr 29, 2015
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Moved to the Fungi category :-)
Earth star. Don't know about the "moving" bit though..... walking fungi sounds like something from "Night of the Living Dead".... lol.
It is definitely an Earth star fungus.
I would say earth star fungus of some sort - take a look at this link which shows one very similar
http://djringer.com/photos/v/cedar-ridge...
Nice one, Kristina. Perhaps it is a Morgan's earthstar (Astraeus morganii), which unfolds itself when wet. The link shows a time lapse video of this process.
https://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/2014/0...