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title: "Helmet Crab"
description: "Telmessus cheiragonus — Andere dieren. Telmessus cheiragonus is a species of crab of the family Cheiragonidae described by Tilesius in 1815."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/helmet-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Helmet Crab

> Telmessus cheiragonus — Andere dieren. Telmessus cheiragonus is a species of crab of the family Cheiragonidae described by Tilesius in 1815.

- Scientific name: *Telmessus cheiragonus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2831
- Wikidata: [Q4050809](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4050809)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180391](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180391)

## Names

- en: Helmet Crab

## Countries with the most observations

US (1556), CA (997), RU (171), JP (12)

## Summary

Telmessus cheiragonus is a species of crab of the family Cheiragonidae described by Tilesius in 1815. A common name for the species is "helmet crab".

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

## Photo

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

Photo: pynklynx · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91677868

## Machine access

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