With red and yellow bodies, fiddler crabs vanish back into their holes when sound or movement announces the approach of other creatures. Ghost crabs put their feet on the edge of their holes to stake out their realms. Known as "sea monks" in Chinese, soldier crabs, which look like pearls, recklessly rush out of their small holes in the sand, flickering silver-blue under the sun.
紅、黃相間的招潮蟹，稍有動靜即一溜煙鑽回洞中；幽靈蟹微微露出小足於洞緣，昭示著它的地盤；像一顆顆珍珠般的小兵蟹，常不顧一切地由微小的沙洞中湧出，在陽光下泛著銀藍色光芒，又被稱為「海和尚」。