Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot crabs are brightly-coloured coastal scavengers, found in the Galapagos Islands and across the western coast of South and Central America. They have an extremely generalist diet, feeding on anything from sea lion placenta to other crabs. This makes them an important part of the ecosystem, as they provide services such as keeping the shore clean of any organic debris and eating ticks off marine iguanas. They are rumoured 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. Adult crabs show characteristic intense blue and red colouring on their shells, with a white or pale blue underbelly. Younger crabs have darker colouration with red spots, providing a higher degree of camouflag...
Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crab Facts and Information | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網
22 Sally Lightfoot Crab Facts | 水產百科網
7 Facts About the Awesome Galapagos Sally Lightfoot Crab ... | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crab Facts | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crabs of the Galapagos Islands | 水產百科網
Grapsus grapsus | 水產百科網
Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網
【毛足圓軸蟹Discoplax hirtipes】地蟹科 (Gecarcinidae)
水產分類:澎湖的蟹類中文名稱:毛足圓軸蟹學名:Discoplaxhirtipes科別名稱:地蟹科(Gecarcinidae)命名學者:(Dana1852)
【細紋方蟹Grapsus tenuicrustatus】方蟹科 (Grapsidae)
水產分類:澎湖的蟹類中文名稱:細紋方蟹學名:Grapsustenuicrustatus科別名稱:方蟹科(Grapsidae)命名學者:(Herbst1783)
【角眼沙蟹Ocypode ceratophthalmus】沙蟹科 (Ocypodidae)
水產分類:澎湖的蟹類中文名稱:角眼沙蟹學名:Ocypodeceratophthalmus科別名稱:沙蟹科(Ocypodidae)命名學者:Pallas1772
【白紋方蟹Grapsus albolineatus】方蟹科 (Grapsidae)
水產分類:澎湖的蟹類中文名稱:白紋方蟹學名:Grapsusalbolineatus科別名稱:方蟹科(Grapsidae)命名學者:Lamarck1818