Blunt-spined Euryplacid Crab
Eucrate crenata
- Usual depth11–44 m
- Water temperature16–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonRare
About this species
Eucrate crenata, the blunt-spined euryplacid crab, is a species of Indo-Pacific crab from the family Euryplacidae. It has invaded the Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Eucrate crenata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 11–44 m · Deepest record: 43.9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blunt-spined Euryplacid Crab
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒメマルバガニ, マルバガニ
- Korean
- 무딘이빨게
Other scientific names: Cancer (Eucrate) crenata, Eucrate sulcatifrons, Pilumnoplax sulcatifrons, Pseudorhombila sulcatifrons
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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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 169 open-data records from 1835 to 2017.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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