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Black coral crab
Quadrella maculosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210305, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Black coral crab
- Scientific
- Quadrella maculosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 466 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small crab that lives on black corals and sea fans, often with a pale shell and long, slender claws.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 4 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Quadrella-maculosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210305
- inaturalist.org /taxa/636045
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Black_Coral_Crab,_Koror,_PW_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.