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Blue-eyed coral crab
Cymo quadrilobatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208972, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Blue-eyed coral crab
- Scientific
- Cymo quadrilobatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, hairy crab that lives among the branches of living Acropora corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=9, 9 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cymo-quadrilobatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208972
- inaturalist.org /taxa/201444
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blue-eyed_coral_crab_antler_coral_Guam_2022.png
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.