#4506 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Marbled Crab

🇳🇱 Gemarmerde rotskrab ·Pachygrapsus marmoratus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © id78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sebastián Lescano · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © tiagosilva88 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Alba Cernadas ; Rubén Barriuso · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Aleksandar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Carlos Pizcueta Suárez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab , which lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. 4 in) long. It is an omnivore, feeding on algae and various animals including mussels and limpets.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,790iNaturalist 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.
14,790 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).