Grapsus grapsus

Grapsus grapsus

The Sally Lightfoot Crab ( Grapsus grapsus ) is the most common crab species of the South American Pacific coast including Mexico and Central America to the north. It is characteristic of the Galapagos Islands located in the Pacific, where it is also called zayapa and is very numerous nowadays. They can also be found in the Atlantic Ocean on the secluded island group St. Peter and St. Paul's Rocks.

The pups are colored black, while adult specimens are characterized by a brown to reddish color. It feeds on algae and carcasses, anschwemmt the sea. Until 1990, the Red Rock Crab same species was assigned as Grapsus adscensionis, the latter, however, occurs only in the eastern Atlantic.

The writer John Steinbeck, in his travel diary logbook of Life ( 1951) fascinated by the richness of color and the speed of the Red Cliff crab. The catch of agile animals is mainly operated to use in clip fish as bait for larger prey.