Urnalana elata Nut Crab

Urnalana elata is commonly referred to as Nut 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.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Urnalana elata,Japan 2001_0373-05

Place: Inner bay of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-9m, sandy bottom).Comment: carapace width=over 1.0cm.
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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AphiaID:: 225676

Scientific:: Urnalana elata
German:: Kugelkrabbe
English:: Nut Crab

Category:: Krabben

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Leucosiidae (Family) > Urnalana (Genus) > elata (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1874

Occurrence:: Dampier Archipelago, Australia, Bali, Bikini Atoll, Comores, East Africa, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, The Ryukyu Islands, Tulamben, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 1 - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Coralline soils, coral quarry, Marine / Salt Water, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows
Size:: 1,0 cm
Temperature:: °F - 29,5 °F (°C - 29,5°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Urnalana angulata
Urnalana chevretii
Urnalana cristata
Urnalana cumingii
Urnalana elata
Kugelkrabbe
Urnalana elatoides
Urnalana elatula
Urnalana foresti
Urnalana granulimera
Urnalana haematosticta
Urnalana hilaris
Urnalana insularis
Urnalana margaritata
Urnalana minuta
Urnalana parahaematostica
Urnalana pulchella
Urnalana purarensis
Kugelkrabbe
Urnalana thysanotus
Urnalana whitei

More related species in this lexicon:

Urnalana erythema
Rotflecken Kugelkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-06-22 17:00:49
Last edit:: 2025-02-28 18:18:58

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Urnalana elata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1874)

Carapace and lower legs of Urnalana elata show a beige ground color, medially paler, speckled with an orange pattern. The walking legs are whitish, with orange spots in the center of the anterior margin of merus and on the proximal-outer parts of the carpus and propodus.

Some small individuals have much paler orange spots and look almost whitish overall.

Urnalana elata often has a whitish spot on the carapace, reminiscent of a cross.

Synonymised names
Leucosia bikiniensis Sakai, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leucosia elata A. Milne-Edwards, 1874 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leucosia sagamiensis Sakai, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

Records of six leucosioid crab species from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (en). Abgerufen am 22.06.2024.

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