Splendid pebble crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 10 records
March: 22 records
April: 13 records
May: 15 records
June: 13 records
July: 12 records
August: 4 records
September: 14 records
October: 18 records
November: 11 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–12 m · Deepest record: 12 m

0–10 m: 4 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dominik Maximilián Ramík, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Splendid pebble crab, splendid pebble crab, Splendid Spooner Crab

Names in 3 more languages

French: Crabe splendide
Japanese: オオアカヒヅメガニ
Simplified Chinese: 燦爛滑面蟹

Other scientific names: Etisus doucerei

Similar species

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).
65 open-data records from 1968 to 2022.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.