Pachygrapsus laevimanus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 21 records
February: 16 records
March: 23 records
April: 21 records
May: 15 records
June: 16 records
July: 14 records
August: 12 records
September: 29 records
October: 12 records
November: 15 records
December: 30 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0.5 m · Deepest record: 0.5 m

0–10 m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–24 °C

14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 9 records
18–20 °C: 4 records
20–22 °C: 17 records
22–24 °C: 40 records
24–26 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Caleb Catto, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Alesha Teitzel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Will Cornwell, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Similar species

Striped shore crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Tiny Rock Crab
Pachygrapsus minutus
Hairy-fingered Rock Crab
Pachygrapsus planifrons
Pleated rock crab
Pachygrapsus plicatus
Polynesian grapsid crab
Pachygrapsus fakaravensis
Cliff crab
Grapsus grapsus

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).
105 open-data records from 1902 to 2013.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.