The carapace of Liocarcinus corrugatus reaches up to 43 mm in length and 41 mm in breadth. It is a reddish-brown in colour, sometimes with red or yellow patches. The carapace has numerous distinctive transverse ridges giving a 'corrugated' appearance. There are 5 prominent antero-lateral teeth on each side of the carapace and the margin of the frontal region has a shallow median lobe and a pair of very broad concave sub-median lobes.

Africa, Angola, Azores, Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, East Atlantic, European waters (ERMS scope), FAO fishing area 34, FAO fishing area 47, Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Guinea Bissau Exclusive Economic Zone, Indo-West Pacific, Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Mediterranean Sea, Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, South Coast of England, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, West Coast of England

Depth range based on 59 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 21 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.95 - 100
  Temperature range (°C): 11.785 - 25.594
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.584 - 9.616
  Salinity (PPS): 35.012 - 37.612
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.052 - 6.174
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.091 - 0.649
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.103 - 3.810

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0.95 - 100

Temperature range (°C): 11.785 - 25.594

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.584 - 9.616

Salinity (PPS): 35.012 - 37.612

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.052 - 6.174

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.091 - 0.649

Silicate (umol/l): 1.103 - 3.810
 
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 Found on coarse sand and gravel down to 100 m.

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1