Smooth-handed crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 91 records
February: 60 records
March: 52 records
April: 60 records
May: 66 records
June: 24 records
July: 43 records
August: 40 records
September: 62 records
October: 76 records
November: 42 records
December: 47 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–3 m · Deepest record: 44 m

0–10 m: 10 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–25 °C

14–16 °C: 46 records
16–18 °C: 24 records
18–20 °C: 26 records
20–22 °C: 59 records
22–24 °C: 26 records
24–26 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kelvin Perrie · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Frank Ashwood, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Smooth-handed crab, smooth-handed crab

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 锯额毛粒蟹

Other scientific names: Heteropanope australiensis, Ozius serratifrons, Pilumnopeus crassimanus

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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).
372 open-data records from 1907 to 2011.
Species data updated November 6, 2026.