
Pilumnus rufopunctatus
- Water temperature17–23 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, October, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Blair Patullo / Museum Victoria, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–23 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
Bristly crabPilumnus hirtellus
common hairy crabPilumnus vespertilio
Hairy CrabPilumnus lumpinus


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).
- 101 open-data records from 1888 to 1998.
- Species data updated November 6, 2026.
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