Clistocoeloma merguiense
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, July, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) sucker69420, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) sucker69420, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ウモレベンケイガニ
Other scientific names: Clistocoeloma Merguiensis
Similar species
Red-clawed crabChiromantes haematocheir
Violet Tree-climbing CrabEpisesarma versicolor
Thai Vinegar CrabEpisesarma mederi
Red Inca CrabFasciarma fasciatum
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).
- 132 open-data records from 1888 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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