Epixanthus frontalis
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, 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: 21 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 22 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 26 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Photos
(c) Валерия Ковалева, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Валерия Ковалева, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- セビロオウギガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 平額石扇蟹
Other scientific names: Epixanthus Kotschii, Ozius frontalis
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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).
- 121 open-data records from 1834 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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