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Petalomera granulata Granulated Sponge Crab

Petalomera granulata is commonly referred to as Granulated Sponge Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Petalomera granulata, Japan 1992_0024-02

Place: Inner bay of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-20m, sandy bottom). Comment: carapace width=3.5cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
17497 
AphiaID:
440099 
Scientific:
Petalomera granulata 
German:
Granulierte-Schwammkrabbe 
English:
Granulated Sponge Crab 
Category:
Krabben 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Dromiidae (Family) > Petalomera (Genus) > granulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Stimpson, 1858 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan 
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:
30 - 150 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 
Size:
0" - 1.18" (0,8cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-09 12:10:13 

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Petalomera granulata Stimpson, 1858

Direct children (1)
Variety Petalomera granulata var. indica Alcock, 1900 accepted as Petalomera indica Alcock, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

External links

  1. Erstbeschreibung Seite 240f (en). Abgerufen am 09.06.2025.
  2. Petalomera granulata Stimpson, 1858 (en). Abgerufen am 09.06.2025.
  3. Revision of the Indo-West Pacific sponge crabs of the genus Petalomera Stimpson, 1858 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Dromiidae) (en). Abgerufen am 08.06.2025.
  4. The Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Hong Kong: a Historical Review and Catalogue (en). Abgerufen am 09.06.2025.

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