Candy Crab
Hoplophrys oatesii
- Usual depth7 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, April, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) prilfish, 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: 44 records
- February: 22 records
- March: 43 records
- April: 64 records
- May: 44 records
- June: 34 records
- July: 36 records
- August: 42 records
- September: 34 records
- October: 42 records
- November: 40 records
- December: 47 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7 m · Deepest record: 7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Bart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Candy Crab, Soft Coral Crab
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Crabe des alcyonnaires
- Japanese
- イソコンペイトウガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 奧氏櫻蛛蟹
Other scientific names: Hoplophrys ogilbyi, Parazewa palauensis
Similar species
Decorator crabHyastenus elatus
One-horned Spider CrabMenaethius monoceros
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).
- 81 open-data records from 2010 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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