---
title: "Felsenkrabbe"
description: "Percnon gibbesi — Weitere Tiere. Percnon gibbesi is a species of crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/nimble-spray-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Felsenkrabbe

> Percnon gibbesi — Weitere Tiere. Percnon gibbesi is a species of crab.

- Scientific name: *Percnon gibbesi*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2644
- Wikidata: [Q1439666](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1439666)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61372](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61372)

## Names

- en: Nimble Spray Crab
- de: Felsenkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo erizo
- fr: Crabe plat des oursins

## Countries with the most observations

ES (737), GR (491), IT (379), PT (68), MT (57), FR (49), DZ (40), JM (39), US (39), CY (38), MX (35), EC (32)

## Summary

Percnon gibbesi is a species of crab. 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. It has been described as "the most invasive decapod species to enter the Mediterranean".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percnon_gibbesi

## Photo

![Felsenkrabbe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nimble-spray-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176187676

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/nimble-spray-crab?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).