Corrugated liomera

Liomera rugata

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsMay and August
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Cricket Raspet, 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: 3 records
February: 4 records
March: 0 records
April: 4 records
May: 7 records
June: 1 records
July: 3 records
August: 11 records
September: 4 records
October: 1 records
November: 3 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 9 records

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Names and classification

English: Corrugated liomera, corrugated liomera

Names in 2 more languages

French: Petit crabe rose récifal
Japanese: ムラサキベニオウギガニ

Other scientific names: Actaea rugata, Aegle rugata, Carpilodes rugatus, Zozymus rugatus

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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).
115 open-data records from 1834 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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