Areopaguristes tuberculatus

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth16–59 m
Water temperature14–24 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 5 records
March: 7 records
April: 0 records
May: 7 records
June: 4 records
July: 6 records
August: 4 records
September: 29 records
October: 5 records
November: 9 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 16–59 m · Deepest record: 59 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 52 records
16–18 °C: 19 records
18–20 °C: 4 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Paguristes tuberculatus, Stratiotes tuberculatus

Similar species

Areopaguristes pilosus
Areopaguristes setosus
Black-eyed hermit crab
Dardanus lagopodes
Anemone hermit crab
Dardanus pedunculatus
Calcinus gaimardii
Aniculus aniculus

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).
131 open-data records from 1898 to 2000.

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