Coral reef crab named after Harry Potter characters
16 years after its discovery, the crustacean is labeled a new species
![Harryplax severus](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/020617_HT_harry-potter-crab_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
ACCIO CRAB! A newly identified crab species from Guam (Harryplax severus) is named after Harry Potter, the main character in J.K. Rowling’s popular books, and Harry Conley, who discovered the crab and had a knack for finding rare sea creatures, as if by magic.
Jose C. E. Mendoza (CC BY 4.0)