common hairy crab
Pilumnus vespertilio
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 11 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 25 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- common hairy crab
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Borstenkrabbe
- French
- Crabe chevelu
- Japanese
- ケブカガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 蝙蝠毛刺蟹
Other scientific names: Actaea dentata, Cancer vespertilio, Pilumnus mus, Pilumnus ursulus
Similar species
- Common hairy crab
Pilumnus tomentosus
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).
- 603 open-data records from 1793 to 2023.
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