Square-shelled crab
Galene bispinosa
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) insect ID, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
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Names and classification
- English
- Square-shelled crab
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ガレネガニ
- Thai
- ปูใบ้ก้ามขาว
Other scientific names: Cancer bispinosus, Galene granulata, Galene hainanensis, Gecarcinus trispinosus, Podopilumnus fittoni
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).
- 71 open-data records from 1783 to 2017.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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