Sally Lightfoot Crab | 水產百科網

2020年9月23日—TheSallyLightfootCrabisaveryeasyspeciestotickoffyourGalapagoswildlifelist.TheyarevisibleonanyGalapagosbeachshoreline,usually ...

These colorful crabs are extremely quick and agile, helping them to survive the wide range of predators that include sally lightfoots in their diet. Their predators include octopus, fish, lava heron[1], moray eel, lava lizards[2] and introduced species like rats, cats and dogs. Young crabs are easier prey with their soft shells, while adults have a harder shell for protection. Adult crabs are particularly impossible to catch, as many tourists can attest to. They have 10 legs, can run in all four directions, and seem to always be ten steps ahead of you.

Sally lightfoot crabs breed all year round. Females carry eggs on their stomachs until they are ready to hatch in the water. The small larvae swim to deep waters in large groups, surviving on phytoplankton. They moult various times before transforming into baby crabs and swimming back ashore.