Grapsus tenuicrustatus Natal Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus is commonly referred to as Natal Lightfoot 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.

Profile

lexID:

2652 

AphiaID:

207529 

Scientific:

Grapsus tenuicrustatus 

German:

Brandungs-Felsenkrabbe, Natal-Felsenkrabbe 

English:

Natal Lightfoot Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Grapsidae (Family) > Grapsus (Genus) > tenuicrustatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1783 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Austral Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, East Africa, Egypt, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands , Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Juan de Nova Island , Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean, Zanzibar 

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:

0 - 6 Meter 

Habitats:

Beach, Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Underneath long span bridges, moles and jetties 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 29,3 °F (24,6°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 

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:

• Grapsus adscencionis
• 
  Grapsus adscensionis
  Rote Klippenkrabbe, Rote Felsenkrabbe
• 
  Grapsus albolineatus
  Weißgebänderte Felsenkrabbe, Weißlinien-Felsenkrabbe
• Grapsus fourmanoiri
• Grapsus granulosus
• 
  Grapsus grapsus
  Felsenkrabbe, Rote Felsenkrabbe
• Grapsus huzardi
• Grapsus intermedius
• Grapsus longitarsis
• 
  Grapsus tenuicrustatus
  Brandungs-Felsenkrabbe, Natal-Felsenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-10 19:41:13 

Last edit:

2025-04-05 12:50:14 

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