Velvet crab: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Velvet crab Necora puber

Where the velvet crab lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 39,039 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See crabs, lobsters & shrimps on the world map

Scientific name	Necora puber
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Polybiidae

Where does the velvet crab live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the velvet crab in 9 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the velvet crab?

The velvet crab (Necora puber) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Polybiidae, genus Necora. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the velvet crab

The velvet crab (Necora puber), also known as the velvet swimming crab or devil crab, is a species of crab from the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Velvet crab (revision 1324260430), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q853487 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).