Sally Lightfoot
grapsus grapsus latin
red rock crab

The tide pools contain many Sally Lightfoot crabs, which attract other types of hunters.

Sally Lightfoot may refer to:

We also saw large, bright-red Sally Lightfoot crabs, said to be named for a dancer admired by the passing sailors.

I watch my 9-year-old son race dozens of brilliant Sally Lightfoot crabs over the black braided ropes of lava.

Other noted species include penguins, cormorants, marine iguanas, boobies, pelicans and Sally Lightfoot crabs abound.

Clinging to the lava at water's edge were spidery orange-and-blue Sally Lightfoot crabs, supposedly named by a sailor lovesick for his dance-hall girl.

It is known variously as, "red rock crab", "abuete negro", and along with crabs such as Percnon gibbesi as, "Sally Lightfoot".

There were loads of Sally Lightfoot Crabs and in the water were loads of Green Turtles and a few stingrays.

Here too, the wanderers saw Flightless Cormorants, Marine Iguanas, Sally Lightfoot Crabs, and the Galapagos Penguin.

In the Galápagos Islands, penguins take advantage of the cool shade of lava tubes to raise their chicks, but predatory Sally Lightfoot crabs lie in wait in the shadows.

Some species are extremely common (or at least commonly seen), such as blue-footed boobies , pelicans, Sally Lightfoot crabs and – yet another species named after the volcanic soil – the lava lizard.

Along the rocky shore lots of Sally Lightfoot Crabs and Marine Iguanas added interest as did the constant stream of Shearwaters, Boobies and Petrels passing just off shore.

At Punta Cormorant, there is a green olivine beach to see sea lions and a short walk past a lagoon to see flamingos, rays, sea turtles and ghost and Grapsus grapsus (Sally Lightfoot) crabs.

It is one of at least two species commonly called "Sally Lightfoot" (the other being the semi-terrestrial Grapsus grapsus from the Pacific coast of the Americas), and is also referred to as the nimble spray crab or urchin crab.

Grapsus grapsus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as "Cancer grapsus".

It is one of at least two species commonly called "Sally Lightfoot" (the other being the semi-terrestrial Grapsus grapsus from the Pacific coast of the Americas), and is also referred to as the nimble spray crab or urchin crab.

Grapsus grapsus was collected by Charles Darwin during his voyages on HMS Beagle, and also by the first comprehensive study of the fauna of the Gulf of California, carried out by Ed Ricketts, together with John Steinbeck and others.

The red rock crab lives under water and seldom or never ventures outside.

This species is easily confused with the red rock crab, Cancer productus.

Predators include Pacific cod, river otters and red rock crab.

Red rock crab may refer to several species of crab:

Kwakwatl’shun [red rock crab] was also a survival food.

He suggests that these high concentrations were obtained from their preferred prey, red rock crab (Cancer productus).

The red rock crab lives mainly on rocky reefs, but may venture on the sand to forage for food by night.

The red rock crab's carapace is covered in fine hairs, which gives it an advantage when attacked by octopus, their main predator (and shags).

The red rock crab, Guinusia chabrus, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae.

The recreational harvest legal daily limit for Dungeness or Red Rock crab is four in the South Coast area.

Of these crabs, 11 were undersized Dungeness crabs and one was an undersized Red Rock crab.

The minimum size limit for Dungeness crab is 165 millimetres and for Red rock crab is 115 millimetres.

Cancer productus, one of several species known as red rock crabs, is a crab of the genus Cancer found on the western coast of North America.

An inspection of a vehicle found 41 crabs, of which 35 were undersized Dungeness crabs and six were legal sized Red Rock crabs.

It is known variously as, "red rock crab", "abuete negro", and along with crabs such as Percnon gibbesi as, "Sally Lightfoot".

The depressed red rock crab is similar to the red rock crab Plagusia chabris and occupies a similar niche in the tropics.

Dungeness crab must measure at least 165 millimetres in width and Red Rock crab must measure at least 115 millimetres in width.

In summer, throwing crab pots off the dock for Dungeness or red rock crabs and shrimping for the sweet and sizable Hood Canal spot shrimp are main attractions.

On one evening our party begged for just one of the big red rock crabs a few diners were relishing but was told that the crabs were ordered specially, as was conch.

Although both native and non-native oyster drills inhabit the West Coast, in the salty Tomales Bay, red rock crabs keep native oyster drills in check and hunt Atlantic drills to near local extinction.

As a result of the boat inspection and a subsequent inspection of a vehicle on shore at Cates Park in North Vancouver, 40 Dungeness crabs (22 of which were undersized) and three Red Rocks crabs were found.

DFO has set crab harvesting size restrictions to help ensure that young crab have a chance to populate. The minimum size limit for Dungeness crab is 165 millimetres and for Red Rock crab it is 115 millimetres.

Dolphins, gray whales and killer whales swim past during their annual migrations and closer to shore are smaller sea creatures that become specials many nights in the dining room: red rock crabs, sea cucumbers, purple hinged rock scallops, whelks of numerous variety, geoducks, pink swimming scallops and sea urchins.

Dungeness crab can be distinguished from red rock crab by its slender, light-coloured claw tips (the tips of red rock crabs are blue-gray or black), and from the graceful crab by its larger size and the absence of a small spine just past the widest point of the shell.