Fishing for Atlantic ghost crab

Ocypode quadrata

The Atlantic ghost crab is a pale, sand-colored shore crab with a squarish carapace up to about 2.5 inches wide, long club-shaped eyestalks, and one claw larger than the other. Fast-moving and mostly nocturnal, it digs deep burrows above the tideline on sandy Atlantic beaches from the US to Brazil, scavenging and preying on small animals and sea turtle hatchlings. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater / Mixed

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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