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Thranita prymna Blue-spined Swimming Crab

Thranita prymna is commonly referred to as Blue-spined Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Thranita prymna 35mm Kwajalein


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lexID:
15387 
AphiaID:
1467079 
Scientific:
Thranita prymna 
German:
Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Blue-spined Swimming Crab 
Category:
Krabben 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Thranita (Genus) > prymna (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Herbst, ), 1803 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Palau, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Seychelles, Zanzibar 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 32 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 2.76" (3,5cm - 7cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-14 14:08:52 

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Thranita prymna (Herbst, 1803)

Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. 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.

Thranita prymna is greenish or bluish-brown in color with blue sonies, with two spots on the carapace.

Host of parasite:
Host/prey of Diplothylacus thalamitae Høeg & Lützen
Host/prey of Heterosaccus ruginosus Boschma, 1931
Host/prey of Loxothylacus kossmanni Boschma, 1955

Synonymised names
Cancer prymna Herbst, 1803 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita crassimana Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thalamita gurjanovae Tien, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thalamita prymna (Herbst, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita prymna var. annectans Laurie, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thranita gurjanovae (Tien, 1969) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Marine Species Identifications Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 26.11.2022.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 26.11.2022.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 26.11.2022.

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