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Flat rock crab
Percnon planissimum
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207574, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Flat rock crab
- Scientific
- Percnon planissimum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 6 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The flat rock crab is a very flat, fast crab with long legs banded in yellow, living in crevices on shallow reefs and rocky shores.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Percnon-planissimum.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207574
- inaturalist.org /taxa/52476
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Percnon_planissimum.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.