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Sally Lightfoot Crab

Graspus graspus

Description:

Brilliant orange/gold/red legs. Sometimes with a burgundy, orange, or red carapace. Some are different colors on different islands - we also saw darker red, black, and even deep purple-blue crabs of the same species.

Habitat:

Skittering around the tidepools and shoreline lava flows of Fernandina Island, Galapagos

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MishaCainNell
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MishaCainNell

Ecuador

Spotted on Sep 21, 2011
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012

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