Fleeting purse crab

Myra fugax

Crustaceans
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth37–127 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsJune
How commonRare

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About this species

Myra fugax is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Myra fugax”, 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: 1 records
March: 1 records
April: 1 records
May: 1 records
June: 16 records
July: 4 records
August: 2 records
September: 2 records
October: 4 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 37–127 m · Deepest record: 238.5 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 5 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 18 records
26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Names and classification

English: Fleeting purse crab, Pebble crab, fleeting purse crab, pebble crab

Names in 3 more languages

German: Kieselkrabbe
French: Myra fugace, Myra fugace (La)
Japanese: テナガコブシ, テナガコブシガニ

Other scientific names: Cancer punctatus, Ilia punctata, Leucosia fugax, Myra carinata, Myra longimerus, Myra pentacantha

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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).
298 open-data records from 1798 to 2018.

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