Rounded Ghost Crab
Ocypode rotundata
- Group: Crab
- For divers: safe
A pale, fast running ghost crab that scurries across sand beaches and mudflats, scavenging and snatching small prey along the tideline. It digs deep burrows above the high water mark, and in the breeding season the males pile little towers of sand beside their holes.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Ocypode
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 444996.
FAQ
- Is the Rounded Ghost Crab dangerous to divers?
- The Rounded Ghost Crab is harmless to divers.