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title: "Red Rock Crab"
description: "Guinusia chabrus — Autres animaux. The red rock crab (Guinusia chabrus) is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/red-rock-crab-guinusia-chabrus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Rock Crab

> Guinusia chabrus — Autres animaux. The red rock crab (Guinusia chabrus) is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae.

- Scientific name: *Guinusia chabrus*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 3916
- Wikidata: [Q5616623](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5616623)
- iNaturalist taxon: [319553](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319553)

## Names

- en: Red Rock Crab

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2116), NZ (877), ZA (754), NA (33)

## Summary

The red rock crab (Guinusia chabrus) is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae. It is found in the southern Indian and southern Pacific Oceans, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Chile.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinusia_chabrus

## Photo

![Red Rock Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-rock-crab-guinusia-chabrus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Drew Armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197196530

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-rock-crab-guinusia-chabrus?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).