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	Ghost crab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ghost crab or sand crab, of the genus Ocypode, is a common shore crab in many countries.
		Ghost crabs hibernate during the winter, holding their breath for six weeks, by storing oxygen in sacs near the gills.
		The common ghost crab or smooth-handed ghost crab (Ocypode cordimana) is found on the northern Australian coast from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to New South Wales, being particularly common in New South Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghost_crab (306 words)

	Ghost crab - Food & Drink - Recipes24 Net - recipes, cooking, cookbooks and more
		The Ghost Crab, Ocypode quadrata, also called Sand Crab, can be frequently sighted scurrying along the beaches of the Eastern United States between sundown and dawn.
		These crabs are called ghosts because of their ability to instantly disappear from sight, scuttling on their tiptoes at speeds up to 10 miles per hour, while making sharp directional changes.
		The Ghost crab tunnels down four feet into the ground at a 45 degree angle, creating 1-2 inch sized holes, which speckle the beach.
	www.recipes24.net /encyclopedia/g/ghost_crab.html (217 words)

	Ghost crabs haunt unlucky sea creatures
		Ghost crabs had found the dead sharks and moved in for the feast.
		Ghost crabs, often called sand crabs in Hawaii, live on the beach between the ocean and the land and are therefore part land crab, part marine.
		Ghost crabs don't have a lot of admirers because of their voracious appetites, but these little creatures are the recycling champions of the beach.
	www.susanscott.net /OceanWatch2001/jul13-01.html (578 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ghost
		Ghost, nonmaterial embodiment or essence of an organism, especially of a human being.
		Ghost Story, prose narrative which concerns supernatural occurrences or beings, usually the undead in one form or another.
		Ghost crabs have long legs, and their eyes are on the end of long...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Ghost.html (110 words)

	Canaveral National Seashore - Nature & Science
		Researchers are unsure whether a decline in crab numbers is due to natural cycles, pollution, changes in salinity, increase in red drum that prey on the crab, or a combination of these factors.
		Although a female blue crab can carry 750,000 to eight million eggs on her underside, it is estimated that only one in a million will survive to adulthood.
		A prominent resident of the beach is the ghost crab (Ocypode albicans).
	www.nps.gov /cana/pphtml/subanimals3.html (531 words)

	FRIPP SIMPLE GHOST CRAB TRAP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To remove the crab from the trap turn the jug upside down, slide the small container out, place your hand in the opening with the index finger extended, pull your finger out and the crab should be firmly attached.
		The reason for this is because the crabs are very sensitive to the vibrations coming from the sand that are produced by the hatchlings as they become active in the nest chamber.
		Ghost crabs are good climbers but they can't go straight up.
	www.islc.net /~fripplog/crabtrap.htm (561 words)

	Derelict Crab Traps
		Ghost fishing occurs when blue crabs or bycatch are caught and retained inside the derelict trap.
		Ghost fishing mortality is directly related to the ability of a trap to retain blue crabs and bycatch.
		Ghost fishing continues until the trap deteriorates sufficiently for holes to develop in the wire mesh, allowing captured animals to escape.
	www.gsmfc.org /derelicttraps.htm (730 words)

	Dr. Wolcott - Ecology of Crabs
		He became interested in ghost crabs so assigned one of his students at North Carolina State University the task of finding out what happens to the oxygen supply in a North Carolina ghost crab's burrow when the tide came in and covered it with water.
		He noted that ghost crabs are built for speed to catch live prey whereas slower fiddle crabs eat organic particles from the sediment.
		Ghost crabs deeper than the width of a man's hand also are safe from tires.
	www.ncsu.edu /ligon/sciblast/wolcott/wolcott.htm (1736 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - INDIAN OCEAN
		Ghost crabs, a characteristic species of tropical shores, derive their name from their sandy white coloring, which seemingly allows them to appear and disappear at will.
		As it turned out, a virtual army of ghost crabs was hiding by their thousands in their small burrows.
		Interestingly, species of crabs that are targeted and landed by commercial fisherman during this process of moulting are called 'peelers'.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20020721_log_transcript.html (895 words)

	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Beach - Ghost Crab
		Ghost Crabs live in the oceans around tropical and sub-tropical Australia, on sandy shores, and in deep burrows above the waterline.
		Ghost Crabs have large eyes at the end of short eyestalks.
		Ghost Crabs are light grey in colour with a rounded shell.
	www.austmus.gov.au /wild_kids/seashores/ghost_crab.htm (172 words)

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		Ghost crabs are common sights on ocean beaches and in protected embayments having sandy beaches.
		Ghost crabs range from Rhode Island to Brazil, including the West Indies and Bermuda.
		Ghost crabs breath air rather than water, but do so by way of gills, which must remain moist to function.
	www.sms.si.edu /IRLFieldGuide/Ocypod_quadra.htm (233 words)

	TPWD:Crab and Ghost Shrimp Regulations
		The body of the stone crab must be returned to the water from which it was taken.
		May only remove crab traps from the water or remove crabs from crab traps during the period from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
		May not place a crab trap or portion thereof closer than 100 feet from any other crab trap, EXCEPT when traps are secured to a pier or dock.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /publications/annual/fish/crabreg (932 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Finned and Water Ones: Crab Family
		Crab is the animal that most people think of when they think “Crustacean”.
		Living between the land and the water, Crab thrives in the harsh environment of the coastal wetlands.
		Crab also may be warning you that you are eating too much garbage.
	www.funkman.org /animal/fish/crabfamily.html (240 words)

	THE GHOST CRAB, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ghost crabs live in burrows along the sandy beaches of the Eastern United States.
		Older crabs tend to burrow farther from water.
		The crab can produce 3 sounds: a rapping of the claw on the substrate, a rasping stridulation of the legs, and a bubbling sound presumably produced from the gill chamber.
	www.vims.edu /~jeff/ghost.htm (173 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Program - Critter of the Month
		One of the most abundant–and apparently busiest–creatures is the fiddler crab, a small, close cousin to the ghost crab.
		It is nearly as large as its close relative, the ghost crab.
		Unlike other crabs, which use their claws or chelipeds to crush food or to grasp objects, the fiddlers' claws are used to pick up sediment, which they scrape with their mouths for food particles derived from organic matter and unicellular plants.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/fiddler_crab.cfm (1173 words)

	Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ghost Crabs are most active at night but are frequently seen during the day as well.
		Ghost Crabs are strong burrowers and did deep tunnels in the dunes.
		Young Ghost Crabs exhibit cryptic coloration to blend in with their sandy environment.
	www.duke.edu /~jspippen/naturephotos/ghostcrab.htm (95 words)

	Search Results for ghost - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ghost stories exist in all kinds of literature, from folktales to religious works to modern...
		Ghost bats are tropical, but only one, also called the Australian giant false vampire bat...
		Photographs of the Native American ghost dance from 1891 to 1893 taken by James Mooney, an early U.S. ethnographer of American Indians.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=ghost&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (549 words)

	How to get your organism into a K-12 Classroom
		We chose ghost crabs because one of us (Crowe) has been studying them for four years and they are found in the local environment.
		We brought in plaster Paris castes of ghost crab burrows and had students determine whether there was a relationship between burrow diameter and volume of the burrow (see appendix C).
		Specify that the ghost crab is the organism on
	www.animalbehavior.org /ABS/Education/Symposium99/ABSTALKcrowelewis_4.html (3422 words)

	ScienceDaily: Ghost Crab Fossils Haunt Area Beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Horseshoe Crabs Survival Rate After Biomedical Bleeding Is High (May 9, 2002) -- Faculty from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences in the College of Natural Resources and the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at...
		Horseshoe Crab Decline Threatens Shorebird Species (February 21, 2006) -- Researchers from Virginia Tech and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife have documented a reduction in the number of red knot birds throughout the Delaware Bay tied to a decline in horseshoe...
		Crab -- The term crab is often applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapod crustaceans with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/10/031021062315.htm (1530 words)

	Hermit Crab Care Procedures
		Tiny crabs have been observed using their small claws to grasp the silicone sealant in the corners of an aquarium and, by climbing claw-over-claw, reach the top of the aquarium and escape.
		The crabs are moistened in the wild by warm, humid air and by frequent rainfall.
		Some other foods your crab may enjoy as occasional treats are fruit (except acidic fruits such as citrus or tomatoes), especially tropical fruits that crabs would find in their native habitat: mangoes, coconuts and papayas.
	www.petco.com /Content/Article.aspx?PC=article&Nav=153&PetTypeID=&TopicID=&id=2479&ArticleID=2479&categoryID=13 (3193 words)

	Wildlife of Sydney - Fact File - Ghost Crab, Stalk-eyed Crab
		You will probably only catch a quick glimpse of this fast-moving crab as it races across the sand and disappears into a burrow.
		The Ghost Crab is relatively small and, being almost translucent with flecks of pink and yellow, it is well camouflaged against the sand.
		The Ghost Crab stays in the cool protection of its burrow by day and scuttles down to the water at twilight to hunt.
	faunanet.gov.au /wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=65 (140 words)

	Y.P.R.: The Nature of the Carolina Ghost Crab
		The ghost crabs that inhabit the beaches of the Carolinas are in the midst of an evolutionary change: they are evolving from marine to land creatures, which explains why one of them was living in the arid, higher-altitude area of...
		But, when the bathing suit hit the ground, it prompted the ghost crab to move in and examine the thing, which is when we saw it and then called everyone over to the deck to see.
		However, ghost crabs are not often eaten by people in the Carolinas; they are more often eaten by sea gulls, raccoons, and the kayak guy’s dog.
	www.yankeepotroast.org /archives/2003/09/the_nature_of_t.html (948 words)

	ghost crab -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		According to descriptions or depictions provided by believers, a ghost may appear as a living being or as a nebulous likeness of the deceased and, occasionally, in other forms.
		In crabs that swim, the last pair of legs are broad and flattened, serving as paddles.
		Crabs' eyes are mounted on movable stalks that can be drawn...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9036702 (830 words)

	Gulf Ghost Crab
		Identification Photos: Gulf Ghost Crab, Ocypode occidentalis: The Gulf Ghost Crab is a member of the Ocypodidae Family of crabs characterized by the unequal size of their claws (chelae) and long, heavy eye stalks.
		There are reports that Gulf Ghost Crabs are easy to catch by following their burrows; the report that they can dig faster than an hombre with a shovel is a myth.
		In Mexico, the Gulf Ghost Crab is found along the Pacific side of the Baja California Peninsula, in the upper portions of the Sea of Cortez, and along the coast of mainland Mexico through to Guatemala.
	www.mexfish.com /fish/ghcrab/ghcrab.htm (255 words)

	Ghost Pots: Arctic Science Journeys Radio
		But all too often, he says, he finds the crabs he's labored to catch and tag and follow, are dead—having been caught in lost or abandoned crab pots.
		A lost crab pot set by either a commercial, personal use, or subsistence fisherman, continues to fish after the buoy that marked the pot's location becomes cut due to storms or a passing boat propeller.
		According to state law, all crab pots must have at least 18 inches of biodegradable mesh on a side panel so that the panel will deteriorate and allow trapped crabs to escape should the pot be lost.
	www.uaf.edu /seagrant/NewsMedia/02ASJ/01.11.02ghostpots.html (892 words)

	Grand Turk Island Wildlife
		Ghost Crabs get their name because they are so hard to see.
		Ghost Crabs are common residents of sandy beaches.
		However, unlike land crabs that spend their whole lives out of the water, Ghost Crabs must return to the ocean to breed.
	www.reefnews.com /reefnews/oceangeo/grndturk/gt_wldlf.html (667 words)

	Ghost crab fossils haunt area beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They have been preserved, most likely because they died in their burrows, possibly from winterkill, and were not exposed to the wind, sea, or predators.
		Such whole-body deposits of fossilized ghost crabs are rare on the east coast of the U.S., down to Brazil.
		The same process that produced the coquina ledges found along the shoreline and offshore of Brevard County probably formed the fossil crabs.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-10/fiot-gcf101603.php (188 words)

	NCDMF News March 2003
		Crabbing is one of the state's most important commercial activities, bringing in approximately $25 million in 2001, and it is also an important recreational pastime.
		In order to locate abandoned and ghost pots, fishermen are required to remove all their pots from the water Jan. 24 - Feb. 7.
		Fishermen are required to fish their pots a minimum of every seven days and it is the fisherman's responsibility to keep track of their pots and remove them from coastal waters when pots are not tended regularly.
	www.ncfisheries.net /news/releases/2003/mar2003.html (1098 words)

	Ghost Crab, Cape Lookout National Seashore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ghost crabs dig deep burrows in the dunes above the high tide line.
		Although ghost crabs spend most of their lives on land, they still have gills that they must keep wet in order to breathe.
		So, when you see a ghost crab run down to the water, it is usually wetting its gills.
	www.nps.gov /calo/crab.htm (107 words)

	Arctic Science Journeys Radio: Ghost Pots
		But Dr. Brad Stevens, a crab biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, found nearly 200 of them at the bottom of Chiniak Bay, literally a stone's throw away from the bustling fishing community of Kodiak, on Alaska's Kodiak Island.
		Researchers found this American conical crab pot, along with nearly 200 other "ghost" crab pots, still catching crabs at the bottom of Kodiak's Chiniak Bay.
		By law, crab pots are supposed to have a special panel made from biodegradable twine that allows crab to escape if the pot is lost.
	www.uaf.edu /seagrant/NewsMedia/00ASJ/05.17.00_GhostPots.html (812 words)

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