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Little nipper
Geograpsus grayi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207531, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Little nipper
- Scientific
- Geograpsus grayi
- 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, smooth shell, usually purple-brown to red. It lives under rocks and debris at the top of the shore and in coastal vegetation and comes out at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=7); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=68, 57 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Geograpsus-grayi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207531
- inaturalist.org /taxa/123105
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Geograpsus_grayi_(MNHN-IU-2000-3421)_001.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.