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Smooth red-eyed crab
Eriphia sebana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207602, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Smooth red-eyed crab
- Scientific
- Eriphia sebana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8 cm (carapace width)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 6 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The smooth red-eyed crab is a stout crab with a dark, smooth shell, strong claws and bright red eyes. It lives under rocks and in crevices on reef flats and rocky shores.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=36, 21 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Eriphia-sebana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207602
- inaturalist.org /taxa/128833
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Eriphia_sebana.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.