Macropodia rostrata Long-legged Spider Crab, Common Spider Crab

Macropodia rostrata is commonly referred to as Long-legged Spider Crab, Common Spider Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7148 

AphiaID:

107345 

Scientific:

Macropodia rostrata 

German:

Gespensterkrabbe 

English:

Long-legged Spider Crab, Common Spider Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Macropodia (Genus) > rostrata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1761 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Balearic Islands, Belgium, Danmark, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Israel, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madeira, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Morocco, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Norway, Portugal, Scandinavia, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spain, Sweden, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), 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:

20 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Kelp forests, Muddy grounds, Mudflat, Wadden Sea, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

6,9 °F - 19,2 °F (6,9°C - 19,2°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus, Frozen Food (large sort), Frozen food (small sorts), omnivore, Predatory 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Macropodia cirripilus
• Macropodia czernjawskii
• Macropodia deflexa
• Macropodia doracis
• Macropodia dubaleni
• Macropodia falcifera
• Macropodia fechtneri
• Macropodia formosa
• Macropodia gilsoni
• Macropodia hesperiae
• Macropodia intermedia
• Macropodia linaresi
• Macropodia longicornis
• Macropodia longipes
• 
  Macropodia longirostris
  Gespensterkrabbe, Seespinne
• Macropodia macrocheles
• Macropodia parva
• 
  Macropodia rostrata
  Gespensterkrabbe
• Macropodia spinulosa
• Macropodia straeleni
• Macropodia tenuirostris
• Macropodia trigonus
• Macropodia urceolata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Macropodia sp.
  Gespenstkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-15 20:54:12 

Last edit:

2024-03-14 19:14:52 

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