Achelous hastatus Lancer swimcrab

Achelous hastatus is commonly referred to as Lancer swimcrab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3070 

AphiaID:

1474844 

Scientific:

Achelous hastatus 

German:

Augenfleck-Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Lancer Swimcrab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Achelous (Genus) > hastatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Ghana, Benin, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Azores, Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Liberia, Madeira, Malta, Montenegro, Nigeria, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the Canary Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, Turkey 

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 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.02" (2.6 cm) 

Temperature:

61.16 °F - 81.68 °F (16.2°C - 27.6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Achelous angustus
• Achelous asper
• Achelous binoculus
• Achelous brevimanus
• 
  Achelous depressifrons
  Flachbrauen-Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Achelous floridanus
  Florida Schwimmkrabbe
• Achelous gibbesii
• Achelous granulatus
• Achelous guaymasensis
• Achelous iridescens
• Achelous isolamargaritensis
• 
  Achelous ordwayi
  Rothaar-Schwimmkrabbe
• Achelous rufiremus
• 
  Achelous sebae
  Pfauenaugen-Schwimmkrabbe
• Achelous spinicarpus
• Achelous spinimanus
• Achelous stanfordi
• Achelous tuberculatus
• Achelous tumidulus
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Achelous hastatus
  Augenfleck-Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-03-21 22:40:38 

Last edit:

2026-06-22 11:11:53 

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