Golden Decorator Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 51 records
February: 35 records
March: 29 records
April: 46 records
May: 69 records
June: 66 records
July: 120 records
August: 250 records
September: 191 records
October: 219 records
November: 43 records
December: 54 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–6 m · Deepest record: 5.5 m

0–10 m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–20 °C

14–16 °C: 59 records
16–18 °C: 11 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Peggy Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) T. Hammer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) David Gobbett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Alex Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Golden Decorator Crab

Other scientific names: Halimus auritus, Halimus laevis, Pisa aurita

Similar species

Little Seaweed Crab
Naxia tumida
Naxia aries
Naxia spinosa
Southern spider crab
Jacquinotia edwardsii
Great spider crab
Leptomithrax gaimardii
Triangle crab
Eurynolambrus australis

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).
202 open-data records from 1902 to 2007.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.