Distribution

Eriphia sebana is a fairly common crab, with a wide biogeographical distribution. International locations of the species include:

·         Indo-West Pacific islands, including Hawaii

·         Papa New Guinea

·         Eastern Australia

·         New Caledonia

·         Fiji

·         Samoa

·         Tonga

·         Cook Island

·         Kiribati

·         French Polynesia

·         East Africa

·         Japan

E. sebana distribution is restricted to reef flats and intertidal rocky shore lines of reef ecosystems. The local species distribution may be driven by environmental factors related to microhabitat texture. For example, abundance of drainage cracks within rocks, elevation of rocky substrate relative to water, algal abundance on rocks, and jaggedness of boulder substrate along intertidal areas may all impact on local distributions. See Ecology section of webpage for details.