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Xenocarcinus conicus Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian Crab

Xenocarcinus conicus is commonly referred to as Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian 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.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Xenocarcinus conicus, Kwajalein


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lexID:
2566 
AphiaID:
441504 
Scientific:
Xenocarcinus conicus 
German:
Gorgonien-Spinnenkrabbe 
English:
Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian Crab 
Category:
Krabben 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Xenocarcinus (Genus) > conicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1865 
Occurrence:
Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Ogasawara Islands, Philippines, Réunion , Sulawesi, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
13 - 80 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°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:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-10-31 08:20:58 

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Xenocarcinus conicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)

The pseudorostrum is very long and beak-shaped, somewhat depressed and thickly covered with fine tomentum, its tip being bifurcated.

Always in association with gorgonians, black corals, hydroids.

Synonymised names
Huenioides conica A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xenocarcinus nakazawai T. Sakai, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xenocarcinus tuberculatus var. alcocki Laurie, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Crustaceology (en). Abgerufen am 30.10.2022.
  2. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 18.03.2025.

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