Crabs seen during our southwestern Texas trip

I found several crab species in Texas, some live, a few dead and some only their burrows:

1. Thin-striped Hermit Crab, many live ones, inside gastropod shells.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147133172

1. Atlantic Ghost Crab, many active burrows
   https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146929064

2. Blue Land Crab (only some active burrows)
   https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146994121

3. Mud fiddler crab, one live one
   https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146958234

4. Mud crab, small one live
   https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147134066

5. The Western Gulf Stone Crab, an adult, dead (Similar appearance to the Stone Crab on Sanibel)
   https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147061504

*

Posted on 31 de janeiro de 2023, 05:49 PM by susanhewitt