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Sally Lightfoot crab

Grapsus grapsus

Photo by JasmineJ
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A Sally Lightfoot crab is trying to enter the home of another Sally Lightfoot crab (cf. video). However, it then withdrew without a serious fight. The video was taken at Punta Espinoza, Fernandina Island.

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Grapsus grapsus

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Comments (2)
katelew02
That's cool my brother likes it because he likes eating crab so yea

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The Color Red
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Galapagos Biodiversity
Biodiversity of Ecuador (BioBanco)
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedNovember 18, 2013

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