Not sure of the exact species here, but this is some sort of ghost crab that I met on the beach in Madagascar. Perhaps the brown seawater ghost crab or the horned ghost crab. I was camping on the beach on the island of Nosy Mangabe, which sits just off the mainland (also an island). Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 100, f/2.8 at 1/125th of a second.
We have ghost crabs skittering along on our Gulf beaches but they look nothing like this one! He looks like he’s in costume for Halloween or maybe he’s some kind of royal ghost crab. His external “attire” is quite fanciful indeed.
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Not sure of the exact species here, but this is some sort of ghost crab that I met on the beach in Madagascar. Perhaps the brown seawater ghost crab or the horned ghost crab. I was camping on the beach on the island of Nosy Mangabe, which sits just off the mainland (also an island). Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 100, f/2.8 at 1/125th of a second.
We have ghost crabs skittering along on our Gulf beaches but they look nothing like this one! He looks like he’s in costume for Halloween or maybe he’s some kind of royal ghost crab. His external “attire” is quite fanciful indeed.
Is this the Ghost Crab of Lobsterfest Past, Lobsterfest Present or Lobsterfest Future?