Tetraloides heterodactylus Coral Crab

Tetraloides heterodactylus is commonly referred to as Coral 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.

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lexID:

17693 

AphiaID:

443862 

Scientific:

Tetraloides heterodactylus 

German:

Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Coral Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Tetraliidae (Family) > Tetraloides (Genus) > heterodactylus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Heller, ), 1860 

Occurrence:

China, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Réunion , the Seychelles 

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:

1 - 94 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 82.4 °F (24,5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tetraloides heterodactylus
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetraloides nigrifrons
  Korallen Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-09-02 14:42:02 

Last edit:

2025-09-02 14:43:28 

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