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Some sort of crab

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2009
August 15, 2009
By 8 Comments

Honestly, I don’t know what this is, but it sure looks like some sort of crab. I captured this bad boy at the Channel Islands National Park during my last trip. Any ideas on what type of crab it is? I tried to search on Google and couldn’t find a darn thing…

Crab

P.S. It turns out to be “Sally Lightfoot”. Thanks to Rich for identifying the crab!

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Comments

  1. 1
    ) Morten Pedersen
    August 16, 2009 at 7:42 am

    I like the light in the claw.

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  2. 2
    ) MegaZ
    August 17, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Morten: I wish there was no shadow on the left side though. He was moving so fast into the shadow that I didn’t have enough time to take a good shot :)

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  3. 3
    ) Smilik
    August 26, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    this crabby is sooo funny though!!!

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  4. 5
    ) Smilik
    September 22, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    uuuuww, I wouldn’t cook this sweetheart!!! :)

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  5. 6
    ) Rich
    January 12, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Just in case you’ve not already I.D.’d this crab it appears to be a “Sally Lightfoot” crab AKA Grapsus grapsus.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapsus_grapsus

    http://matthewmeierphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Crustaceans-Crab-Lobster-Shrimp-Barnacle-Photos/G0000m3Iexydxcww/

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  6. 8
    ) MartinaJ
    August 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Sorry I don’t know what type of crabe this is. Were you actually this close to the crab? From my personal experience, they normally don’t allow you to get this close to them.

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