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Hand-strapped crab
Liomera cinctimanus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208975, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Hand-strapped crab
- Scientific
- Liomera cinctimanus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, smooth red reef crab with dark-tipped claws that hides in crevices on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Liomera-cinctimanus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208975
- inaturalist.org /taxa/898188
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Liomera_cinctimanus_(MNHN-IU-2013-6906).jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.