Photo 15112568, (c) Caroline Voget, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Caroline Voget

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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Ghost Crabs (Genus Ocypode)

Observer

cpvoget

Date

June 8, 2012

Description

Sandflat Crab


Tiny crabs on Fish Hoek Beach - in the surf on the sandy part. The "tooth" at the edge of the carapace point to it being a Sandflat Crab. I think they had been washed down the river which was flowing strongly and back onto the sandy beach. Carapace about 7 mm across.

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