Acropora Coral Crab
Tetralia glaberrima
- Usual depth3–48 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Daniel Eisenhauer, 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: 6 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 11 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 15 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 15 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 32 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–48 m · Deepest record: 56 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Photos
(c) Luke Lythgoe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lisa_James, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Acropora Coral Crab
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- クロエリサンゴガニ, クロエリサンゴガニ／ヒメサンゴガニ, ヒメサンゴガニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 光潔擬梯形蟹
Other scientific names: Cancer glaberrimus, Tetralia fulva, Tetralia laevissima, Tetralia sanguineomaculata, Trapezia glaberrima, Trapezia integra, Trapezia serratifrons
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).
- 298 open-data records from 1790 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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