Greetings to all 1,120 members of Crabs of the World. Thanks for increasing our new total to 1,879 species, 40 more than three months ago! Many members are new to this project; in the past three months we have 421 new members from all over the world! This may be due to iNaturalist featuring it as “New & Noteworthy” on the project page.

Everyone, please add your crab observations to this project, as they are not automatically added.

Here are some interesting observations in recent months:

A new species:
A Leucisca squalina (Purse Crab) by @seastung in South Africa (needs confirmation to be “Research Grade”):
www.inaturalist.org/observations/127644363

Here are two new Eurasian Freshwater Crabs by @chekiangense_longpotamon in China:
A Paratelphusula burmensis:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/123389121
A Sinopotamon kwanhsienense; this is one of two observations (needs confirmation to be “Research Grade”):
www.inaturalist.org/observations/115537988

A rarely seen Kelp Crab was spotted twice by @flaviomendes in Brazil, about a week apart:
Epialtus bituberculatus www.inaturalist.org/observations/126725266
and Epialtus brasiliensis: www.inaturalist.org/observations/127915336

@bergylta is the person who has documented more Lithodes maja (Norway King Crab) than anyone on iNaturalist, but in a Swedish fjord. Here’s one:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/107133166

Two Australian divers found the very special Austrodromidia octodentata (Bristled Sponge Crab) with its orange eyes perfectly matching its surroundings. @johnsear found one on an orange ascidian:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/123306705
and @drelodiecamprasse found one under an orange sponge:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/106484947

Thanks to @wernerdegier, a Calappa pustules (Box Crab) found by @manuelaviage in Angola is now identified:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/127009867

That’s all for now. Please notify me if you see any crabs new to iNaturalist. Thanks! Wendy @wendy5