---
title: "West African Fiddler Crab"
description: "Afruca tangeri — Andere dieren. Afruca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/west-african-fiddler-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# West African Fiddler Crab

> Afruca tangeri — Andere dieren. Afruca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae.

- Scientific name: *Afruca tangeri*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2524
- Wikidata: [Q98768365](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98768365)
- iNaturalist taxon: [555973](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/555973)

## Names

- en: West African Fiddler Crab
- es: Cangrejo violinista euroafricano
- fr: Crabe violoniste européen

## Countries with the most observations

PT (1347), ES (535), GM (176), SN (147), GW (61), EH (32), MA (29), MR (29), NG (19), ST (16), AO (15), GA (15)

## Summary

Afruca is a genus of fiddler crabs belonging to the family Ocypodidae. Afruca tangeri, the only species in this genus, lives along the Atlantic coasts of western Africa and southwestern Europe.

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

## Photo

![West African Fiddler Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/west-african-fiddler-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Isaac Caswell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37993895

## Machine access

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