Ghost Crab
- Ghost Crab is the common name.
- The scientific class is Malacostraca.
- Ocypode is the scientific Genus.
- The species is cordimana.
- Where is this awesome creature found?
- In the Ocean Biome.
- Ghost Crabs are found in 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:
Tertiary Consumer is a Seagull
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 a group larger birds or fish.
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