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Ocypode
Adults are greyish or the colour of straw, and approximately 5 centimetres (2 in) wide at maturity. They must return to water periodically in order to moisten their gills, and when larvae must be released into the sea, but are otherwise terrestrial. Their stalked compound eyes can swivel to give them 360° vision. Young crabs are cryptically coloured to blend in with their sandy habitat.
Blowing Rocks Preserve, Jupiter
Spotted on Feb 23, 2010
Submitted on Feb 23, 2011
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Moved to Arthropods
OK! Look forward to the new category. Thanks for following too!
When the new category is created, we'll likely rely on our Noah Rangers but especially on our community to help us flag and reclassify :)
umm. OK? When the new category is ready will you(PN team) change it or will I have to change it to marine?
Shall we classify this as Other until we figure out the new Marine Invertebrate category?
Thanks! I got lucky as I took this with my IPhone. It was low tide and it came out from the rocks right in front of me.
That's a really great shot of the "defensive posture" crabs take when faced with humans.