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Schorskrabspin

Tmarus piger

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
Schorskrabspin, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tmarus piger is a species of crab spider belonging to the family Thomisidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 16iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 809iNaturalist 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

  • Spotted 16 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 809 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Schorskrabspin
scientific name
Tmarus piger
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Thomisidae
sightings in NL
16
sightings in Europe
268
sightings worldwide
809
GBIF records in NL
433
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1802 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer

relatives· Thomisidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360612, Wikidata Q1314361, GBIF 2165630, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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