Malacostraca – hogere kreeftachtigen

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Titbits: Out of the Shell

januari 23, 2026

When beach bombing chances are that you will encounter a crab shell. What is this and are you sure what you have in your hands is a shell and not a dead crab?

Behaviour - Gedrag Fauna

Video snippet: Atlantic Ghost Crab munching

augustus 29, 2025

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Food choices of wildlife can be very diverse. Some species are very specific, only eating a certain type of food, making them specialists in searching for and capturing their food.…

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

There are several species of hermit crabs and one of them is the blue-legged hermit crab, an animal that can be found in shallow water in various parts of the Caribbean Sea and therefore also on our island.

Fauna Marine environment - Mariene milieu

Ten-legged alien

februari 9, 2025

Leon Pors

This beautiful and delicate creature is a relatively abundant inhabitant of the Caribbean coastal waters. It belongs to the order of Decapoda which is Latin for ten (deca) legged (poda), but most non-scientists will just refer to the name crabs while talking about these creatures.

Behaviour - Gedrag Fauna

The ‘Atlantic Ghost Crab’

december 9, 2024

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As soon as the last human feet leave the beach and the sun sends its last rays onto the land, a completely different world wakes up and starts living its…

Caribbean Footprint

Tag: Malacostraca – hogere kreeftachtigen

Titbits: Out of the Shell

Video snippet: Atlantic Ghost Crab munching

Blue-legged hermit crabs

Ten-legged alien

The ‘Atlantic Ghost Crab’

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