There are over 40,000 species of crabs, crayfish, lobsters and barnacles in the Galapagos and mainland Ecuador. The ghost crab is only one of them.

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Read about the Galápagos Archipelago and

the Galápagos Islands

Photograph thanks to ArtToday.com

Descriptions and help from:

• Ecuador and its Galapagos Islands
  by David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
• Galapagos Islands Born of Fire
  by Tui De Roy