Lybia australiensis

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature20–24 °C
Best monthsApril, November, and December
How commonRare

About this species

Lybia australiensis is a species of small crab in the family Xanthidae. It is known only from the type specimen, collected in 1928 among bryozoans at Port Jackson, New South Wales.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lybia australiensis”, 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: 0 records
April: 1 records
May: 0 records
June: 0 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 0 records
November: 1 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–24 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Prolybia australiensis

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3 open-data records from 1928 to 2005.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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