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Sally Lightfoot Crab

Crustaceans

The Sally Lightfoot crab is a brightly colored red, orange, and yellow crab found on rocky shores throughout the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific, including the Galapagos Islands, where it is one of the most conspicuous animals along the coastline. It is an agile, fast-moving scavenger, able to leap between rocks and skitter across surfaces to avoid crashing waves and predators, and it grazes on algae as well as scavenging dead animal matter. Juveniles are typically dark and cryptically colored, becoming more vividly patterned as they mature.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Detritivore or Scavenger 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Grapsus grapsus 4
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Decapoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Sally Lightfoot Crab

In Biome

Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Grapsus grapsus

In Ecosystem

Galapagos, Ecosystems
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Grapsus grapsus
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Grapsus grapsus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Impacts
    Positive Impacts pet trade pet trade ecotourism ecotourism
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Habitat Regions, biome: intertidal or littoral
    intertidal or littoral intertidal or littoral
  • In Ecosystem: Galapagos, Geographic Range
    They are most commonly found in coastal areas of Baja, California, from Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, the Caribbean, Brazil, Florida, and the Galapagos Islands.
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3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ181075, descriptionView the Source
4. Wikidata: Sally Lightfoot Crab
Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Grapsus grapsus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2225819, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2225819, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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