Sally Lightfoot Crab

About the Sally Lightfoot Crab

One of the most colorful crabs, with brilliant red, orange, blue, and yellow patterns. They can run at 3 meters per second and jump from rock to rock. They are extremely difficult to catch. Young crabs are dark colored for camouflage. They are found from Baja California to Peru and on the Galapagos. They clean ticks off marine iguanas - a mutualistic relationship. They are also called red rock crabs. They can spray water from their gills to deter predators. They are agile climbers on wet rocks. They are diurnal and social, often found in groups.