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Red-eyed flat crab
Percnon guinotae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207573, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Red-eyed flat crab
- Scientific
- Percnon guinotae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A very flat, fast crab with long, spiny legs and red eyes. It hides under rocks and in crevices in very shallow water and grazes algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 11 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Percnon-guinotae.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207573
- inaturalist.org /taxa/354684
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Crab_ID_Landaagiraavaru.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.