Grapsus grapsus | 水產百科網

GrapsusgrapsusisoneofthemostcommoncrabsalongthewesterncoastoftheAmericas.Itisknownastheredrockcrab,or,alongwithcrabssuchas ...

Species of crab

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.

Grapsus grapsus is found along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Central America, and South America (as far south as northern Peru), and on nearby islands, including the Galápagos Islands. It is also found along the Atlantic coast of South America, but is replaced in the eastern Atlantic Ocean (Ascension Island and West Africa) by its congener Grapsus adscensionis.[2]

Grapsus grapsus is a typically shaped crab, with five pairs of legs, the front two b...