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title: "Marbled Crab"
description: "Pachygrapsus marmoratus — Altri animali. Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab, which lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/marbled-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marbled Crab

> Pachygrapsus marmoratus — Altri animali. Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab, which lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Pachygrapsus marmoratus*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 14386
- Wikidata: [Q720580](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720580)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59283](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59283)

## Names

- en: Marbled Crab
- de: Rennkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo corredor
- fr: Crabe marbré

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2878), FR (2080), PT (1959), IT (1817), HR (1592), GR (1144), RU (351), TR (225), UA (205), MT (174), AL (168), ME (157)

## Summary

Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab, which lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It is dark violet brown, with yellow marbling, and with a body up to 36 millimetres (1.4 in) long. A semiterrestrial omnivore, it feeds on algae and various animals including mussels and limpets.

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

## Photo

![Marbled Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marbled-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrascu Lucian-Marius · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104831557

## Machine access

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