Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 6 cm
- 🌊 sandy beaches, just above the wave line
The horn-eyed ghost crab is as pale as sand and shoots off sideways at top speed as soon as you approach. Its eyes are carried on long stalks, some ending in a small horn. It digs a burrow on the beach, where it takes refuge by day; it comes out mostly at dusk and at night.
Did you know?
Its English name, « ghost crab », comes from its pale colour and the way it disappears suddenly into the sand.
Source: Etymology of the English name
The Tahitian name of this species is not yet confirmed in our sources.
Tahitian names: sources being verified. French name: Crabe fantôme.
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