Eurypodius longirostris Long-nosed spider crab

Eurypodius longirostris is commonly referred to as Long-nosed spider crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Leslie Harris, USA

Eurypodius longirostris, Ilo, Peru 2022

Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15808
AphiaID:: 441917

Scientific:: Eurypodius longirostris
German:: Langrostrum Spinnenkrabbe
English:: Long-nosed Spider Crab

Category:: Krabben

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Eurypodius (Genus) > longirostris (Species)
Initial determination:: Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885

Occurrence:: Chile, Peru
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 1,7 °F - 64.4 °F (1,7°C - 18°C)
Food:: Carnivore, No reliable information available
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:

Eurypodius latreillii
Eurypodius longirostris
Langrostrum Spinnenkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-06-12 19:55:54
Last edit:: 2023-06-14 19:33:20

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Eurypodius longirostris Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885

The genus Eurypodius consists only of the two species Eurypodius latreillii and Eurypodius longirostris. Both are partially overlapping in the distribution area. They are also very similar morphologically.

Unfortunately, further information is not available.

External links

Annotated catalogue and bibliography of marine and estuarine shrimps, lobsters, crabs and their allies (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Argentina and Uruguay (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean) (en). Abgerufen am 18.06.2023.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2023.
THE SPIDER CRABS OF AMERICA, Seite 83 (en). Abgerufen am 13.06.2023.

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