Beaded Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 5 records
March: 18 records
April: 13 records
May: 16 records
June: 27 records
July: 10 records
August: 18 records
September: 6 records
October: 11 records
November: 2 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 8 records
28–30 °C: 22 records

Photos

(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Gabriel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Beaded Crab

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Cangrejo Obsidiana
French: Crabe perlé
Japanese: カノコオウギガニ
Simplified Chinese: 廣闊疣扇蟹

Other scientific names: Cancer perlata, Cancer variolosus, Daira variolosa, Lagostoma perlata

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).
206 open-data records from 1790 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.