''Percnon planissimum'' or flat rock crab
[ is a species of crab in the family ]Percnidae
Percnidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Grapsoidea
The Grapsoidea are a superfamily of crabs; they are well known and contain many taxa which are terrestrial (land-living), semiterrestrial (taking to the sea only for reproduction), ...
.Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
[ from Somalia to ]Cocos Islands
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (; ), are an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and rel ...
, the Philippines, and Kermadec Islands
The Kermadec Islands ( ; ) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The islands are part of New Zealand. They are in total area and uninhabit ...
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Grapsoidea
Crabs of the Indian Ocean
Crabs of the Pacific Ocean
Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
Crustaceans described in 1804
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
Crustaceans of the Philippines
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