#4555 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Purple Rock Crab

Leptograpsus variegatus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0
2. © Shaun Lee · CC BY 4.0
3. © Peter · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nuytsia@Tas · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Taranaki, New Zealand:© Emily Roberts · CC BY 4.0
6. Auckland, New Zealand:© Shaun Lee · CC BY 4.0
7. Coquimbo, Chile:© Darling Sc · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. The Aquarium, Yallingup, Western Australia:© duffelbag · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia:© maxibon366 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kwinana, AU-WA, AU:© Henry Cooper · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Leptograpsus variegatus , known as the purple rock crab , is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans. 0 in) shell width. It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,949iNaturalist observations

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.
6,949 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).