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Azure swimming crab
Thranita coeruleipes
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1467069, checked 2026-10-31). Recorded in Maldives sources as Thalamita coeruleipes.
- English
- Azure swimming crab
- Scientific
- Thranita coeruleipes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A swimming crab with paddle-shaped hind legs and blue-tinged legs. It lives on sand and rubble near reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1467069
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1090403
- inaturalist.org /observations/348455016
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.