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Female Sally Lightfoot crab - Isabela Island, Galápagos
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Female Sally Lightfoot crabs carry their eggs around with them on their stomachs until they hatch into the water. The larvae then swim out to deeper waters, where they consume phytoplankton and undergo a rapid series of moults. Eventually they undergo metamorphosis to become juvenile crabs and swim to shore, where they start to scavenge, becoming bigger and more colourful with each moult. These juveniles tend to travel in large groups until they reach maturity, after which they become largely solitary when not mating.
Canon 7D2 + 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS II @ F6.3 1/1000 ISO 250
Female Sally Lightfoot crab
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