Five-toothed Swimming Crab
Lupocyclus quinquedentatus
- Usual depth50–100 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, October, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Robin White, 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: 2 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 50–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Photos
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Five-toothed Swimming Crab
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Crabe à cinq dents
- Japanese
- ムツバホソウデガザミ
Similar species
- Rounded swimming crab
Lupocyclus rotundatus
Blue swimming crabPortunus pelagicus
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).
- 55 open-data records from 1980 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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