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Giant Tortoises. Sharks. Birds. Iguanas and Lizards. Fish and Morays. Sea Turtles. Starfish and Invertebrates. Sea Lions. Landscapes and Island Views.

  Galapagos Island

Starfish

            Starfish,  Urchins,  Sally Lightfoot Crab.

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Starfish Starfish, brittle stars, and sunstars are a familiar group.  Most species are predatory, eating mollusks and the like.  Starfish are often brightly colored and can regrow their limbs, if lost.
Sea Urchins Sea urchins are common in the Galapagos and include, among others, the pencil-spined urchin and the endemic green sea urchin.  Like sea cucumbers and starfish, the sea urchins move about slowly with many small "tube-feet."
Sally Lightfoot Crab There are over a hundred crab species in the Galapagos but one stands out from the rest.  The Sally Lightfoot or red lava crab is so abundant and so brightly colored with red above and blue below that no visitor could miss them.  Their name comes from their habit of skipping across short stretched of water.

(C)  Copyright 1997  Steve Gahaghan