Smooth spooner

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 27 records
February: 18 records
March: 21 records
April: 23 records
May: 25 records
June: 29 records
July: 58 records
August: 52 records
September: 24 records
October: 20 records
November: 15 records
December: 9 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 0.5 m

0–10 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 20 records
24–26 °C: 21 records
26–28 °C: 34 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Photos

(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Wang J.P., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 如此甚好, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Smooth spooner, smooth spooner

Names in 4 more languages

French: Crabe à pince lisse
Japanese: ヒヅメガニ
Thai: ปูใบ้ก้ามช้อน
Simplified Chinese: 光掌滑面蟹

Other scientific names: Chlorodopsis espinosus, Etisus convexus, Etisus macrodactylus, Etisus maculatus

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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).
662 open-data records from 1840 to 2021.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.