Danièle Guinot (born 1933)[1] is a French biologist, an emeritus professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in France, known for her research on crabs.
She then joined the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle as a research assistant; she remained there for the rest of her career.
Her doctoral thesis proposed a new classification system for certain crabs based on the position of their reproductive organs.
In later studies, she became particularly interested in crab behavior, including stridulation, carrying, and camouflage.
[3] In 2010, a tribute volume of crustacean research papers was dedicated to her, and the Japanese soldier crab species Mictyris guinotae (newly distinguished from the previously identified species Mictyris brevidactylus) was named after her.