Japanese fan lobster
Ibacus ciliatus
- Usual depth148–271 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust
- How commonRare
About this species
Ibacus ciliatus is a species of slipper lobster from the north-west Pacific Ocean.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ibacus ciliatus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
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: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 148–271 m · Deepest record: 286 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Japanese fan lobster
Names in 5 more languages
- Filipino
- cupapa, pitik-pitik
- Japanese
- kai rô, takuma-ebi, uchiwa-ebi, utiva-ebi, ウチワエビ
- Korean
- 부채새우
- Thai
- kradang deng, kung, กั้งกระดานญี่ปุ่น
- Simplified Chinese
- 毛緣扇蝦
Other scientific names: Ibacus pictus, Phyllosoma guerini, Phyllosoma utivaebi, Scyllarus ciliatus
Similar species
- striated locust lobster
Eduarctus martensii
- Horseshoe crab
Parribacus antarcticus
- Red flapjack
Arctides antipodarum
- King's Hawaiian lobster
Arctides regalis
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 41 open-data records from 1820 to 1973.
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