Pilumnus villosissimus Very Hairy Crab, Longspine Hairy Crab

Pilumnus villosissimus is commonly referred to as Very Hairy Crab, Longspine Hairy Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5310 

AphiaID:

107421 

Scientific:

Pilumnus villosissimus 

German:

Wuschelkrabbe, Starkbehaarte Borstenkrabbe 

English:

Very Hairy Crab, Longspine Hairy Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Pilumnus (Genus) > villosissimus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rafinesque, ), 1814 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Azores, Balearic Islands, European Coasts, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

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 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

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:

• Pilumnus acanthosoma
• Pilumnus acer
• Pilumnus acutifrons
• Pilumnus aestuarii
• Pilumnus affinis
• Pilumnus alcocki
• Pilumnus annamensis
• Pilumnus australis
• Pilumnus balssi
• Pilumnus bleekeri
• Pilumnus braueri
• Pilumnus caerulescens
• Pilumnus capillatus
• Pilumnus caribaeus
• Pilumnus ceylonicus
• Pilumnus chani
• Pilumnus comatus
• Pilumnus contrarius
• Pilumnus cursor
• Pilumnus danai
• Pilumnus dasypodus
• Pilumnus deflexus
• Pilumnus depressus
• Pilumnus digitalis
• Pilumnus diomedeae
• Pilumnus dofleini
• Pilumnus elegans
• Pilumnus etheridgei
• Pilumnus eudaemoneus
• Pilumnus fernandezi
• Pilumnus fissifrons
• Pilumnus floridanus
• Pilumnus gemmatus
• Pilumnus gonzalensis
• Pilumnus gracilipes
• Pilumnus granti
• Pilumnus guinotae
• Pilumnus habei
• Pilumnus haswelli
• 
  Pilumnus hirtellus
  Europäische Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus holosericus
• Pilumnus humilis
• Pilumnus ikedai
• Pilumnus incanus
• Pilumnus indicus
• 
  Pilumnus inermis
  Ostatlantik-Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus infraciliaris
• Pilumnus integifrons
• Pilumnus investigatoris
• Pilumnus izuogasawarensis
• Pilumnus karachiensis
• Pilumnus kempi
• Pilumnus kingstoni
• Pilumnus koepckei
• Pilumnus lacteus
• Pilumnus laevigatus
• Pilumnus lanatus
• Pilumnus limosus
• Pilumnus longicornis
• Pilumnus longipes
• Pilumnus longleyi
• 
  Pilumnus lumpinus
  Haarige Krabbe
• Pilumnus maccullochi
• Pilumnus maldivensis
• Pilumnus marshi
• Pilumnus merodentatus
• Pilumnus miersii
• Pilumnus minutus
• Pilumnus monilifera
• Pilumnus murphyi
• Pilumnus neglectus
• Pilumnus nobilii
• Pilumnus normani
• 
  Pilumnus novaezealandiae
  Schwarzfinger Borsten-Krabbe
• Pilumnus nudimanus
• Pilumnus nuttingi
• Pilumnus oahuensis
• Pilumnus ohshimai
• Pilumnus orbitospinis
• Pilumnus palmeri
• Pilumnus pannosus
• Pilumnus parableekeri
• Pilumnus parapilumnoides
• Pilumnus parvulus
• Pilumnus peronii
• Pilumnus perrieri
• Pilumnus pileiferus
• Pilumnus propinquus
• Pilumnus prunosus
• Pilumnus pulcher
• Pilumnus purpureus
• Pilumnus pygmaeus
• Pilumnus quoii
• Pilumnus ransoni
• Pilumnus reticulatus
• Pilumnus rotumanus
• Pilumnus rotundus
• Pilumnus rubroseta
• Pilumnus rufopunctatus
• Pilumnus savignyi
• 
  Pilumnus sayi
  Dornige Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus scabriusculus
• Pilumnus schellenbergi
• Pilumnus semilanatus
• Pilumnus semilunaris
• Pilumnus senahai
• Pilumnus serenei
• Pilumnus sluiteri
• Pilumnus spinicarpus
• 
  Pilumnus spinifer
  Rote Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus spinifrons
• 
  Pilumnus spinohirsutus
  Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus spinosissimus
• Pilumnus spinosus
• Pilumnus spinulus
• Pilumnus stebbingi
• Pilumnus stimpsonii
• Pilumnus striatus
• 
  Pilumnus taeniola
  Krabbe
• Pilumnus tahitensis
• Pilumnus takedai
• Pilumnus tantulus
• Pilumnus tectus
• Pilumnus teixeiranus
• Pilumnus tenellus
• Pilumnus terraereginae
• Pilumnus thoe
• Pilumnus tomentosus
• Pilumnus townsendi
• Pilumnus trispinosus
• Pilumnus tuantaoensis
• Pilumnus turgidulus
• Pilumnus verrucimanus
• 
  Pilumnus vespertilio
  Borsten-Haarkrabbe
• Pilumnus vestitus
• 
  Pilumnus villosissimus
  Wuschelkrabbe, Starkbehaarte Borstenkrabbe
• Pilumnus woodworthi
• Pilumnus zimmeri
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pilumnus cf. hirtellus
  Pilumnus cf. hirtellus
• 
  Pilumnus sp.
  Krabben
• 
  Pilumnus sp. 02
  Krabbe
• 
  Pilumnus sp. 03
  Krabbe
• 
  Pilumnus sp. 04
  Krabbe
• 
  Pilumnus sp. nov. Guam
  Pilumnus sp. nov. Guam
• 
  Pilumnus spinulosus
  Küsten-Borstenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-21 22:19:26 

Last edit:

2025-09-20 16:36:53 

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