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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Crustaceans > Malacostraca > Decapods > Crabs > Other crabs > Flat rock crab

Flat rock crab

Scientific name : Percnon planissimum


Very flattened crab, long legs, short claws, very characteristic colour pattern with obvious red eyes, yellow and blue lines around the eyes, on the frontal part of carapace, on the legs. Carapace lenght 4 cm.
Generically similar to other Grapsidae (rock crabs), the colour pattern is distinctive.


Habitat: Back reef, Reef front, Rock

Distribution: Indo-Pacific

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