Ghost Crab
- Ghost Crab is the common name.
- The scientific class is Malacostraca.
- Ocypode is the scientific Genus.
- The species is quadrata.
- Where is this awesome creature found?
- In the Ocean Biome.
- Ghost Crabs are found on the shores of South Eastern United States, and Australia.
- Special adaptations to its enviroment are: Ghost Crabs can hold their breath when hibernatingfor 6 months by storing oxygen in air sacs near the gills. Ghost crabs defend themselves by fighting with their claws.
- Desription-
- Length: 3.5 Height: 48 inches
- Type of body covering: Hard shell
- The general description is smooth but hard shell, small black eyes that are on stalks, with 4 pairs of legs and 2 claws.
- Ghost crabs are ectothermic.
- Ghost Crab babies are called larvae.
- A group of Ghost Crabs are a skuttle.
- Ghost Crabs are secondary consumers and are omnivores.
- Here is my food chain for a Ghost Crab:
One Tertiary Consumer is a Seagull Another Tertiary Consumer is a Shark or Big Fish
Secondary Consumer is the Ghost Crab
Producer is Algae
Ghost Crab Food Web
- Ghost crabs capture their food by digging and sifting through the ground then snatching it with its claws.
- Predators that eat ghost crabs are seagulls, and larger fish.
- Ghost crabs have claws to either attack or dig underground with and a hard shell to protect themselves.
- Ghost crabs prey mainly on algae and micro-organisms but if in alarger group then birds,fish, or anything else that is near by.
- The ghost crab has a mutulism relationship with terns.When terns die ghost crabs eat them then the terns are not affected by a disease the tern could have carried.
- The ghost crab can produce 3 kinds of sounds: a rapping of the claw on the substrate, a rasping stridulation of the legs, and a bubbling sound produced from the gill chamber. Ghost crabs also wave their claws to attract mates.
- An interesting or unusual behavior is ghost crabs walk sideways and wave their claws to attract mates.
- Ghost crabs are doing fine.
- Sources: Websites I used: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/partners.htm">www.vims.edu/~jeff/ghost.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/partners.htm then scroll to the bottom and its the second to last one.
- The book I used: Title: Secrets of the Animal World Crustaceans Armored Omnivores Author:Andreu Llamas Pages Used: 21-22 Copyright Date: (c) 1996
By: Jim Caldwell
Comments (7)
wikiuser0002 said
at 11:53 am on Nov 13, 2008
Love the pictures!
From,
Jim
wikiuser0021 said
at 1:29 pm on Nov 14, 2008
Nice work
~~Landry~~
wikiuser0001 said
at 4:51 pm on Nov 20, 2008
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justin
wikiuser0055 said
at 12:45 pm on Dec 2, 2008
Lots of good info! I would recommend that you boldface or underline some important words to have them jump out at the reader.
Good job,
Mrs. G
wikiuser0045 said
at 5:19 pm on Dec 2, 2008
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-kellan
wikiuser0007 said
at 3:46 pm on Dec 3, 2008
nice job
Cal
wikiuser0011 said
at 9:04 pm on Dec 3, 2008
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Bryce
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