Macropodia formosa
- Usual depth44–80 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Macropodia formosa is a species of marine crab in the family Inachidae, found on seamounts and knolls in the west Indian Ocean, near St. Brandon and the Mozambican coast.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Macropodia formosa”, 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: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 44–80 m · Deepest record: 90 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
Scorpion spider crabInachus dorsettensis
Blunt Decorator CrabCamposcia retusa
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 1911 to 2017.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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