Crab of the Year 2023!

Some say that the Ghost Crab was robbed in the Crab Cup.

But good things come to crabs that wait, and we’re delighted to be able to announce that the crab of the year is the Atlantic Ghost Crab.

This is a semi-terrestrial burrow dwelling crab, with some of the most spectacular ocular peduncles (eye-stalks) out there. This crab is an important part of the ecosystems that it inhabits, and despite its voracious appetite for baby sea turtles, this crab is cool as heck.

So congratulations to the Ghost Crab.