How deep does the True Crabs live?

The True Crabs (Thalamita spinifera) is typically found at 22–400 m.

True Crabs

Thalamita spinifera

Group: Other
Typical depth: 22–400 m

This swimming crab ranges from sublittoral shallows into deep water past four hundred metres, settling on bottoms of mud, sand or pebbles. Like other portunids it carries flattened paddle legs that let it swim as well as crawl.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Portunidae › Thalamita

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208847.

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How deep does the True Crabs live?: The True Crabs (Thalamita spinifera) is typically found at 22–400 m.