Aniculus elegans

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AphiaID:: 367402

Scientific:: Aniculus elegans
German:: Eleganter Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Elegant Hermit Crab

Category:: Heremietkrabben
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Aniculus (Genus) > elegans (Species)
Initial determination:: Stimpson, 1858

Occurrence:: Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico (East Pacific), Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Golf van Californië, Indische Oceaan
Size:: bis zu 4.5cm
Temperature:: 20°C - 28°C
Food:: Aas, Algen, Krill, Pellets
Tank:: ~ 250 Liter
Difficulty:: Gemakkelijk
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Aniculus hopperae
Aniculus maximus
Großer Oranger Schuppeneinsiedler

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-29 06:31:29
Last edit:: 2013-05-29 06:31:29

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Aniculus elegans Stimpson, 1858

Aniculus elegans, aloso known as the elegant hermit crab, is the only American species of this small
genus of marine hermits, which is also widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

Synonym:
Aniculus longitarsis Streets, 1871

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Paguroidea (Superfamily) > Diogenidae (Family) > Aniculus (Genus)
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