Digging lobster
Ibacus novemdentatus
- Usual depth35–446 m
- Water temperature18–28 °C
- Best monthsJune and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) TonyT, 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: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 35–446 m · Deepest record: 446 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Digging lobster, Smooth fan lobster, digging lobster, smooth fan lobster
Names in 7 more languages
- German
- Glattschaliger Bärenkrebs
- Spanish
- cigarra liso
- French
- cigale glabre
- Japanese
- kejirami-gani (Shimane), ohba-uchiwa-ebi, オオバウチワエビ
- Korean
- 아홉니부채새우
- Thai
- กั้งกระดานแดง
- Simplified Chinese
- 九齒扇蝦
Similar species
Deep water bugIbacus alticrenatus
Balmain bugIbacus peronii
Japanese fan lobsterIbacus ciliatus
- Serrate fan lobster
Ibacus brevipes
- Glabrous fan lobster
Ibacus brucei
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).
- 53 open-data records from 1960 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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