Shore crab
Metopograpsus messor
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Grapsidae
- Genus
- Metopograpsus
Where to Find
Found in 10 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 3 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 5 records
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 2 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records