hunchback locust lobster
Petrarctus rugosus
- Usual depth17–109 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and September
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 20 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 17 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 17–109 m · Deepest record: 200 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- hunchback locust lobster
Names in 1 more languages
- Thai
- กั้งกระดานแคระ
Other scientific names: Arctus tuberculatus, Scyllarus ragosus, Scyllarus rugosus, Scyllarus tuberculatus
Similar species
- blue-back locust lobster
Petrarctus brevicornis
- striated locust lobster
Eduarctus martensii
- Horseshoe crab
Parribacus antarcticus
- Red flapjack
Arctides antipodarum
- King's Hawaiian lobster
Arctides regalis
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).
- 169 open-data records from 1888 to 2019.
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