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Anemone porcelain crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 217271, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Anemone porcelain crab
- Scientific
- Neopetrolisthes maculatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The anemone porcelain crab is a small, flat crab with a white to cream shell covered in red to brown spots. It lives among the tentacles of carpet anemones, often in pairs, and filters plankton from the water with feathery mouthparts.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=28, 21 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Neopetrolisthes-maculatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217271
- inaturalist.org /taxa/141618
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Anemone_porcelain_crab_(Neopetrolisthes_maculatus)_(2380798
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.