Aliaporcellana pygmaea
- Usual depth21–79 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, November, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 21–79 m · Deepest record: 79 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Korean
- 두발가락게붙이
- Simplified Chinese
- 微異瓷蟹
Other scientific names: Polyonyx pugilator, Polyonyx pygmaeus, Porcellana pygmaea
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 60 open-data records from 1902 to 2012.
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