Dorippe frascone — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Dorippidae/Dorippe

At a glance

Occurrence records230

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Dorippe frascone's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility141 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System89 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS230 records

01Narrative

Dorippe frascone, the urchin crab or carrier crab, is a small species of crab in the family Dorippidae that was first described scientifically by J.F.W. Herbst, in 1785. It is found in the Red Sea and parts of the western and eastern Indian Ocean. It often has a symbiotic relationship with a long-spined sea urchin and carries one around on its carapace.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type230 records

Wild obs. + sensor87

Museum / vouchered48

Cultivated / captive92

Other3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO276 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit48

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 27 m · max 100 m · 48 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy70% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 18≤10 km 13>10 km 3

54 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor87

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 12≤10 km 9>10 km 1

23 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence48

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 92

92 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living92

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	7
Frankfurt am Main	5
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	4
Washington, US	3
Cambridge, US	1

5 institutions · 20 of 48 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.