壮观!数以万计小红蟹登录橙县海滩

南加州橙县海滩与海中近日出现数以万计小红蟹,蔚为奇观。

过去数周,学名为Pleuroncodes planipes,又名远洋红蟹(pelagic red crabs)或鲔鱼蟹(tuna crabs)的这些小红蟹,今年元月与2月也出现在圣地牙哥县各海滩,让海洋科学家与海滩游客称奇。

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沿着南橙县Strands海滩、Salt Creek、圣克里门(San Clemente)、南拉古纳(Laguna)海滩、新港(Newport)海滩与杭廷顿(Huntington)海滩,这些一至三吋长的红色小螃蟹爬满沙滩,远远看过去彷若红色海滩。

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科学家们指出,由于海洋暖化,原本住在墨西哥下加州(Baja California)的这种螃蟹被带到南加州,是罕见的景象。

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去年与最近数周,一种名为“风行水手”(by-the-wind sailors)的蓝色水母状生物,以及yellowtail与bluefin等热带鱼类也比正常时间早得多出现于南加州。

 

In this photo provided by Lyn Michelle Evins, Donna Kalez, manager of Dana Wharf Sportfishing, poses for a photo with thousands of tiny tuna crabs that washed ashore near her place of business at Strand Beach in Dana Point, Calif., Sunday, June 14, 2015.  The crabs have been washing up by the thousands on some Orange County beaches. (Lyn Michelle Evins via AP)
In this photo provided by Lyn Michelle Evins, Donna Kalez, manager of Dana Wharf Sportfishing, poses for a photo with thousands of tiny tuna crabs that washed ashore near her place of business at Strand Beach in Dana Point, Calif., Sunday, June 14, 2015. The crabs have been washing up by the thousands on some Orange County beaches. (Lyn Michelle Evins via AP)

这些外形很像小龙虾的红色迷你蟹还是活的,牠们随着海浪冲上海滩,一旦上岸就无处可去,也无力游回大海,绝大多数最后死在沙滩上。这些迷你红蟹在海中游动时像乌贼,在海滩上又像螃蟹。在海中牠们是百万大军。

上次出现大批小红蟹是1997年,当时也是圣婴现象作崇。