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ghost crab
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ghost crab
n.
Any of several light-colored burrowing crabs of the genus Ocypoda frequenting the tide line along sandy shores from the northeast United States to Brazil. Also called white crab.
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Kimo likes to run sideways, spraying sand into the air, imitating the way that the ghost crabs run.
Kimo and the ghost crabs by Daynard, Jodi / Highlights for Children
It is clear that ghost crabs exhibit handedness given that they leave their burrow with large claw emerging first and are more likely to use the large claw to feed with.
Does Handedness Exist in Ghost and Fiddler Crabs? by McManus, Angie; Crowe, Mary / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
Ghost crabs - These fast land crabs dig large burrows in sand.
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