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title: "Dolly Varden Crab"
description: "Hepatus epheliticus — Weitere Tiere. Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab (not to be confused with Ovalipes ocellatus) and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dolly-varden-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dolly Varden Crab

> Hepatus epheliticus — Weitere Tiere. Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab (not to be confused with Ovalipes ocellatus) and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab.

- Scientific name: *Hepatus epheliticus*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1791
- Wikidata: [Q428449](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428449)
- iNaturalist taxon: [259858](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/259858)

## Names

- en: Dolly Varden Crab
- es: Cangrejo cálico del Golfo

## Countries with the most observations

US (1652), MX (17)

## Summary

Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab (not to be confused with Ovalipes ocellatus) and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab. It lives in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay to the Dominican Republic. It has a 3-inch (76 mm)–wide carapace adorned with large red spots with darker outlines.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatus_epheliticus

## Photo

![Dolly Varden Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dolly-varden-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dustin Minialoff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112980347

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dolly-varden-crab?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).