Globose shore crab
Cyclograpsus integer
- Usual depth7.5 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Luan Mazzeo, 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: 10 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 30 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7.5 m · Deepest record: 7.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Photos
(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) AJ Wacaser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) steffiland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) John Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Globose shore crab, globose shore crab, Sandy-rubble Crab
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Kuglige Strandkrabbe
- French
- Crabe du rivage globuleux
- Japanese
- ミナミアカイソガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 完整圓方蟹, 整潔圓方蟹
Other scientific names: Cyclograpsus occidentalis, Cyclograpsus parvulus
Similar species
Smooth Shore CrabCyclograpsus lavauxi
Smooth Shore CrabCyclograpsus audouinii
Purple Mottled Shore CrabCyclograpsus granulosus
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).
- 308 open-data records from 1837 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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