A Sally Lightfoot Crab in a small pool of water beneath it on a coastal rock on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador
The crab Grapsus grapsus (known variously as "red rock crab", "abuete negro", and, together with other crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as "Sally Lightfoot") is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of South America. It is one of the many charismatic species that inhabits the Galápagos Islands, and is often seen in photos of the archipelago, sometimes sharing the seaside rocks with the marine iguanas.
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Location: Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
Photo credit: © Jesse Whittle-Utter / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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