Wildlife Photograph - Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos by Catherine Sherman

Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos is a photograph by Catherine Sherman which was uploaded on August 22nd, 2022.

Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos

Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador by Catherine Sherman.

A brightly colored and speckled Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus)... more

by Catherine Sherman

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Title

Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos

Artist

Catherine Sherman

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

"Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador" by Catherine Sherman.

A brightly colored and speckled Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) scrambles over volcanic rocks along the coast of an island in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.

Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known as the red rock crab, or, along with crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as the Sally Lightfoot crab. It is a scavenger, feeding mostly on algae.

The small crabs are thought to have been named after a Caribbean dancer, due to their agility in jumping from rock to rock, their ability to run in four directions and their capacity to climb up vertical slopes. This extreme agility makes them very difficult to catch.

Grapsus grapsus was collected by Charles Darwin during his voyages on HMS Beagle in 1835.

Featured in "Go Take a Hike" group (08/22/2022)

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August 22nd, 2022

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Comments (2)

Lynn Sprowl

Hahaha...named after a Caribbean dancer! Fun description and excellent capture. fav

Catherine Sherman replied:

Thank you very much, Lynn!

Larry Kniskern

Congratulations, Catherine – your small thing in a shell has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.

Catherine Sherman replied:

Thank you very much for the feature, Larry!

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