champagne crab
Hypothalassia armata
- Usual depth250–400 m
- Water temperature21–27 °C
- Best monthsMay, July, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Kisyawai, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 250–400 m · Deepest record: 400 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- champagne crab
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- マツバガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 武裝深海蟹(刺深海蟹)
Other scientific names: Acanthodes armatus, Cancer (Acanthodes) armatus
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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).
- 22 open-data records from 1970 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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