Wildlife Photo: Sally Lightfoot Crab

Wildlife Photo: Sally Lightfoot Crab

 

 

Wildlife Photo: Sally Lightfoot Crab
A Colourful Sally Lightfoot Crab on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

 

One of the most colourful creatures of the Galapagos Islands and Pacific Ocean coastlines of the Americas!

You see these red, orange, yellow and white crabs almost everywhere in the Galapagos. On remote coasts, clinging to lava rocks on beaches and walking along docks in the few villages of the islands.

Everyone in the Galapagos islands seems to call them Sally Lightfoot crabs, supposedly named after a beautiful dancer from a sailors legend. They are also known as Red Rock crabs…but their official name actually sounds the coolest: Grapsus grapsus.

 

6 thoughts on “Wildlife Photo: Sally Lightfoot Crab”

    1. Kenin, the Galapagos is a special place. It’s also the first international destination I’ve ever returned to! I do some work with some great people in the Galapagos if you’re interested in heading there any time soon!

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