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Mud runner)

Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The mud runner) (Goneplax rhomboides) is a species in the family Goneplacidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the mud runner)

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 mud runner) live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mud runner) as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. Germany

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 mud runner) 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 mud runner) classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyGoneplacidae
  6. genusGoneplax
  7. SpeciesGoneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cancer angulata, Cancer rhomboides, Gelasimus bellii, Goneplax angulata, Goneplax rhomboidalis, Gonoplax angulata, Gonoplax rhomboides, Ocypoda bispinosa, Ocypoda unispinosa, Ocypode longimana

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Angular crabEnglish
  • Square crabEnglish
  • RhombekrabbeDanish
  • QuadratkrabbeGerman
  • GonéplaxFrench
  • Granchio angolareItalian
  • hoekige krabDutch
  • FyrkantskrabbaSwedish
  • RhombenkrabbeGerman
  • Stielaugen-ViereckkrabbeGerman
  • Gonoplace à deux épinesFrench
  • Gonoplace rhomboïdeFrench
  • Granchio romboideItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mud runner)

Other species in the same genus Goneplax.

CompareMud runner) vs Goneplax barnardiMud runner) vs Goneplax carnuntiusMud runner) vs Goneplax clevaiMud runner) vs Goneplax formosa

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mud runner) an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mud runner) as introduced in 2 countries: Denmark and Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mud runner)?

The mud runner) (Goneplax rhomboides) belongs to the family Goneplacidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mud runner) (Goneplax rhomboides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-runner

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“Mud runner) (Goneplax rhomboides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-runner.

BibTeX
@misc{mud_runner_2026,
  title = {Mud runner) (Goneplax rhomboides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-runner},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}