Hairy Eriphia

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 16 records
March: 5 records
April: 14 records
May: 23 records
June: 42 records
July: 41 records
August: 47 records
September: 20 records
October: 7 records
November: 9 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–3 m · Deepest record: 3 m

0–10 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Photos

(c) Jenni Ly, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Licheng Shih, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Davis Damaledo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Hairy Eriphia

Names in 3 more languages

French: Eriphia pileux
Japanese: ヒメイワオウギガニ
Simplified Chinese: 粗糙酋婦蟹

Other scientific names: Eriphia pilumnoides

Similar species

Ferocious reef crab
Eriphia ferox
Smooth redeye crab
Eriphia sebana
Rough redeye crab
Eriphia 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).
201 open-data records from 1852 to 2014.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.