[2] They are described with three distinct feeding behaviors that vary based on food source and development: as deposit feeders, scavengers, and predators.

[5] When adults, painted ghost crabs typically become specialized in deposit feeding and sift through the sand to find organic material as food.

[9] The high aerobic respiration provides strong contradictions to the common theory that crustacean oxygen transport systems are inefficient.

[9] Ocypode crabs are known to use acoustic signals as reproductive behavior, specifically air-borne sounds and vibrations of surrounding substrates through rapping or stridulating.

[3] When adults, painted ghost crabs become specialized in deposit feeding and sift through the sand to find organic material as food.

[12] Waves and swash climates are one of the main restrictors to the locations of permanent burrows, as the majority are found above the drift line.

[12] Other factors that influence the distribution of burrows include drift line height/width and the slope of dry and retention zones along the sand.

[13] Human interaction on beaches occupied by painted ghost crabs significantly impacts the habitat's population density.

[13] Specifically, mechanical cleaning methods (commonly involving the filtering of sand using motorized vehicles) significantly decrease the density of ghost crabs.

[13] One main factor to the decreased density by mechanical cleaning methods is trampling; burrows do not provide adequate protection against the weight of 4-wheel drive vehicles and the ghost crabs are ultimately crushed under the sand.

[13] It is important to consider the impacts of human activity and development on the population density and structure of ghost crabs as they play a critical role in intertidal communities.

Mechanical cleaning, building of infrastructure, and amount of human activity all affect the population of ghost crabs within intertidal environments