#4518 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans
West African Fiddler Crab
Afruca tangeri
🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 Cádiz, España
📍 Sérignan
📍 Tombua, Namibe, AO
📍 8700 Moncarapacho, Portugal
📍 Banc d'Arguin National Park, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, MR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Li Jianong · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Scott Loarie · CC0
- 4. © ONG ODDB · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © pedrobicharada · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Cádiz, España:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Sérignan:© clockdrago · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Tombua, Namibe, AO:© Jose Chawaco · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 8700 Moncarapacho, Portugal:© Roy Lowry · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Banc d'Arguin National Park, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, MR:© coralga · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Afruca tangeri is a species of fiddler crab that lives along the Atlantic coasts of western Africa and southwestern Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,597 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- West African Fiddler Crab
- scientific name
- Afruca tangeri
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Ocypodidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,944
- sightings worldwide
- 2,597
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Ocypodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 555973, Wikidata Q98768365, GBIF 9476680, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.