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Flat mud crab

Eurypanopeus depressus (Smith, 1869)

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The flat mud crab (Eurypanopeus depressus) is a species in the family Panopeidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the flat mud crab

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the flat mud crab live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flat mud crab as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Romania

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the flat mud crab endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the flat mud crab classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPanopeidae
  6. genusEurypanopeus
  7. SpeciesEurypanopeus depressus (Smith, 1869)

Synonyms Panopeus depressus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Flatback mud crabEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flat mud crab

Other species in the same genus Eurypanopeus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the flat mud crab an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the flat mud crab as introduced in 1 country: Romania, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the flat mud crab?

The flat mud crab (Eurypanopeus depressus) belongs to the family Panopeidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flat mud crab (Eurypanopeus depressus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-mud-crab

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BibTeX
@misc{flat_mud_crab_2026,
  title = {Flat mud crab (Eurypanopeus depressus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flat-mud-crab},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}