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Gonioinfradens giardi Swimming crab

Gonioinfradens giardi is commonly referred to as Swimming crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Gonioinfradens giardi,2021


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lexID:
14705 
AphiaID:
1250204 
Scientific:
Gonioinfradens giardi 
German:
Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Swimming Crab 
Category:
Krabben 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Gonioinfradens (Genus) > giardi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Nobili, ), 1905 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Arabian Sea, Greece, Invasive Species, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Lessepsian migrant, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Red Sea, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
3,7 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-18 22:52:11 

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Gonioinfradens giardi (Nobili, 1905)

Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming.[2] This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.

Synonymised names:
Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) giardi (Nobili, 1905) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita giardi Nobili, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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