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Convex crab
Carpilius convexus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 209150, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Convex crab
- Scientific
- Carpilius convexus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (carapace width)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 95 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A smooth, domed reef crab with a red to orange-brown shell and dark-tipped claws. It lives on shallow reefs and comes out at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=7); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 7 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Carpilius-convexus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209150
- inaturalist.org /taxa/120923
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Carpilius_convexus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.