Prey

Ghost crabs are scavengers, but they also hunt.

Ghost Crabs are omnivorous, which means that they eat both plants and animals. http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/ghost.htm

They eat coquina clams (surf clams) and mole crabs (sand fleas) where there are a lot of them around. Ghost crabs are also scavengers that eat dead things on the beach, too.

Ghost crabs can deposit feed; they pass sand through their mouth parts and can take the algae off of the sand and get nutrients from it! http://www.southcarolinawildlife.com/pubs/septoct2006/atlanticghostcrab.html Did you know that ghostcrabs somtimes eat dead sharks. http://www.susanscott.net/OceanWatch2001/jul13-01.htm

ghost crabs eat small particles of dead plants and animals. ( http://www.amonline.net.au/wild_kids/seashores/ghost_crab.htm ) Ghostcrabs eat animals that filter feed. Birds eat ghostcrabs.