
Daldorfia horrida
Horrid Elbow Crab
As recorded: Parthenope horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Parthenopidae
- Locality
- Tongatapu Island
- Island
- Tongatapu Island
- Region
- Tonga
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Daldorfia horrida observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 87 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-30.

2026-09-30
Wakatobi National Park, Kabupaten Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi, ID
(c) judyasarkof, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29
Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
(c) mbrunetto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-08
magic rock, Mohéli, Comores
(c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-15
红沙人民街, 三亚市, 海南省, CN
(c) yulinlin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-08
Vava'u, Tonga
(c) Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-01
Kadavu, Eastern, Fiji
(c) Valentin de Mazancourt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Daldorfia horrida. BPBM 6263. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37916072. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/6263.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37916072 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
