What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Marbled Crab been recorded?

Pachygrapsus marmoratus occurrence evidence comes from 422 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2026. Most records come from Spain.

MalacostracaDecapodaGrapsidaePachygrapsus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

422 records across 23 countries and territories, 1889–2026.

Pachygrapsus marmoratus · GBIF taxon key 2225815

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18892026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Marbled Crab has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Marbled Crab. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Spain 73
France 58
Portugal 54
Italy 45
Tunisia 45
Greece 32
Croatia 31
Algeria 11
Russia 9
Bulgaria 8
Egypt 8
Morocco 8
Malta 8
Türkiye 7
Montenegro 5
Ukraine 5
Albania 4
Lebanon 3
Cyprus 2
Romania 2
Slovenia 2
Georgia 1
Israel 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.