Ensiger custos
- Usual depth13 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 13 m · Deepest record: 13 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- スベスベカクレエビ
Other scientific names: Anchistia aurantiaca, Anchistus custos, Anchistus inermis, Cancer custos, Harpilius inermis, Pontonia inflata, Pontonia pinnae, Pontonia spinax
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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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 55 open-data records from 1775 to 2009.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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