Ferocious reef crab
Eriphia ferox
- Water temperature25–25 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 24 records
- February: 30 records
- March: 51 records
- April: 70 records
- May: 102 records
- June: 104 records
- July: 121 records
- August: 128 records
- September: 74 records
- October: 88 records
- November: 70 records
- December: 20 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–25 °C
Photos
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(c) Sayee Girdhari, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jacy Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Wang J.P., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Meng-Chi Hung, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Ferocious reef crab
Names in 4 more languages
- Japanese
- イボイワオウギガニ
- Korean
- 성산부채게
- Thai
- ปูใบ้ตาแดง
- Simplified Chinese
- 兇猛酋婦蟹
Similar species
Smooth redeye crabEriphia sebana
Hairy EriphiaEriphia scabricula
Rough redeye crabEriphia smithii
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).
- 54 open-data records from 2021 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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