Monomia argentata

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth48–137 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 24 records
February: 2 records
March: 13 records
April: 23 records
May: 12 records
June: 4 records
July: 1 records
August: 2 records
September: 44 records
October: 51 records
November: 87 records
December: 49 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 48–137 m · Deepest record: 530 m

40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 3 records
120–130 m: 4 records
130–140 m: 2 records
140–150 m: 1 records
150+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 121 records
26–28 °C: 163 records
28–30 °C: 37 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ヒメイボガザミ
Simplified Chinese: 銀光梭子蟹

Other scientific names: Amphitrite argentata, Neptunus (Amphitrite) argentatus, Neptunus argentatus, Portunus (Monomia) argentatus, Portunus (Portunus) argentatus

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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).
869 open-data records from 1847 to 2019.

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