Thai Vinegar Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 34 records
February: 25 records
March: 21 records
April: 19 records
May: 26 records
June: 18 records
July: 23 records
August: 36 records
September: 53 records
October: 38 records
November: 21 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C

26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) bloodlesshunting, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dmitry Ivanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Wolfgang Ahlmer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Utain Pummarin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

English: Thai Vinegar Crab

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: シンガポールオオベンケイガニ
Thai: ปูเค็ม, ปูแสมก้ามเลือดหมู, เปี้ยว

Other scientific names: Neoepisesarma mederi, Sesarma mederi, Sesarma taeniolata

Similar species

Violet Tree-climbing Crab
Episesarma versicolor
Red-clawed crab
Chiromantes haematocheir
Clistocoeloma merguiense
Cristarma eulimene
Red Inca Crab
Fasciarma fasciatum
Bresedium brevipes

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).
53 open-data records from 1847 to 1877.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.