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Yellow nipper
Geograpsus crinipes
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207532, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Yellow nipper
- Scientific
- Geograpsus crinipes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Family
- Grapsidae (shore crabs)
- Depth and habitat
- Shore: beaches, rocks and coastal vegetation at and above the high-tide line; adults live on land and return to the sea to release larvae
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A shore crab with a square shell, often yellow to orange-brown, with hairy legs. It lives at the top of the shore and in coastal vegetation and is active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 13 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Geograpsus-crinipes.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207532
- inaturalist.org /taxa/123098
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Geograpsus_crinipes_-_Justin_Philbois_-_470591993_(cropped,
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.