Phalangipus hystrix spider crab

Phalangipus hystrix is commonly referred to as spider crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12006 

AphiaID:

217319 

Scientific:

Phalangipus hystrix 

German:

Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Spider Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Phalangipus (Genus) > hystrix (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Miers, ), 1886 

Occurrence:

Asia, Australia, China, India, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

17 - 189 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phalangipus australiensis
• Phalangipus filiformis
• 
  Phalangipus hystrix
  Spinnenkrabbe
• Phalangipus indicus
• 
  Phalangipus longipes
  Spinnenkrabbe
• Phalangipus malakkensis
• Phalangipus persicus
• Phalangipus retusus
• Phalangipus trachysternus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-08 12:44:05 

Last edit:

2019-03-09 16:07:48 

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