A black-eyed translucent crab was named after "Harry Potter" the main character in J.K Rowling's popular book. The crab's genus and specie will be "Harryplax severus" which was discovered in 2001.
According to Science News, aside from Harry Potter the crab's name, "severus" was also derived from the books' notoriously uptight and misjudged Severus Snape, whose true character remains elusive until the finale of the story. The name of the sea creature was an idea of Jose Mendoza who is a great fan of J.K Rowling's Book.
Amateur researcher Harry Conley was the first one to discover the crab in the year 2001. Moreover, the specimens were further studied by biologist Peter Ng at his laboratory located in National University of Singapore. Together with Mendoza, Ng regarded the crab as new sea creature specie and named it as "Harryplax severus".
The name that was bestowed on the crab actually pertains to two "Harrys"; Harry Potter and Harry Conley. Harry Conley died in the year 2002 and in order to preserve his reputation, Mendoza used Conley's first name that is reflected in the scientific name of the sea creature.
According to National Geographic, the crab likes to spend the time in hiding in the dark shadows. The crab possesses unique characteristics such as shrunken, static eyes, pale coloration and complexion. The crab belongs to the family of Christmaplacidae and is first crab found in the Pacific Ocean.
On the other hand, Conley found the specimens in the year 1998 and 2001 after he retired from the US Military. He spent years in diving along the cost of Guam and dug up to 100 feet deep in order to visualize the unknown creature. Conley died because of a gunshot wound after an argument. Due to the tragic accident, his samples were passed to Gustav Paulay and were later passed to Ng and Mendoza.
