Cleft-fronted Bait Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 6 records
February: 1 records
March: 10 records
April: 16 records
May: 25 records
June: 23 records
July: 5 records
August: 3 records
September: 6 records
October: 2 records
November: 5 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–287 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 49 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Cleft-fronted Bait Crab

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ショウジンガニ, ショウジンガニ(精進蟹)

Other scientific names: Grapsus (Plagusia) dentipes, Plagusia dentipes

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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).
114 open-data records from 1835 to 2024.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.