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Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus albolineatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207523, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Mottled lightfoot crab
- Scientific
- Grapsus albolineatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Family
- Grapsidae (shore crabs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5 cm (carapace length)
- Depth and habitat
- Shore: beaches, rocks and coastal vegetation at and above the high-tide line
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A flat, fast rock crab with a dark, mottled shell crossed by pale lines. It lives on beach rock and rocky shores above the waterline and grazes algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 13 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Grapsus-albolineatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207523
- inaturalist.org /taxa/354596
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Grapsus_albolineatus_Gnaraloo_3Mile_Lagoon,_cropped.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.