Dampier's Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus dampieri
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) coenobita, 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: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) Mark Clarke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mark Clarke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Dampier's Fiddler Crab
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 丹氏丑招潮
Other scientific names: Uca dampieri
Similar species
Orange-clawed Fiddler CrabGelasimus vomeris
Western Calling Fiddler CrabGelasimus hesperiae
Jocelyn's Fiddler CrabGelasimus jocelynae
Tetragonal Fiddler CrabGelasimus tetragonon
Calling Fiddler CrabGelasimus vocans
- Eastern Calling Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus excisus
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).
- 8 open-data records from 1981 to 2002.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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