Furry-clawed Crab
Australoplax tridentata
- Water temperature19–27 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Australoplax is a genus of crabs which are spread along the north-eastern coastline of Australia. The only species in this genus is Australoplax tridentata, commonly known as the furry-clawed crab or tuxedo shore crab, found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Australoplax”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Furry-clawed Crab, Tuxedo Shore Crab
Other scientific names: Cleistostoma tridentatum, Metaplax hirsutimana
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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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 150 open-data records from 1957 to 2002.
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