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Welcome to our NHES Ghost Crab Wiki.

Did you ever know that there was a scientific name for ghost crabs? It is //Ocypode quadrata.// Scientific names are always in Latin. Latin was the language Carolus Linaeus chose when he created the classification system used to organize all living things into categories.

It's scientific name means "swift-footed square." (http://www.scwildlife.com/pubs/septoct2006/atlanticghostcrab.html[|)]


 * Mission:**
 * To learn about the role of ghosts crabs on our beaches.
 * To teach visitors and local people about the North Carolina coast ghost crab.
 * To publish brochures, packets, and articles to help spread the word that ghost crabs should be protected not pestered.

This wiki space will serve as our electronic bulletin board. We will post what we are finding here. Who are we? We are a group of third grade students at NHES.