Austruca annulipes Fiddler crab

Austruca annulipes is commonly referred to as Fiddler crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10172 

AphiaID:

558114 

Scientific:

Austruca annulipes 

German:

Winkerkrabbe 

English:

Fiddler Crab 

Category:

Mangrove Inhabitans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Ocypodidae (Family) > Austruca (Genus) > annulipes (Species) 

Initial determination:

(H. Milne Edwards, ), 1837 

Occurrence:

China, East Africa, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Tansania, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

1,7 cm 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Food tablets, Frozen Food (large sort), omnivore, Pellets 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Austruca annulipes
  Winkerkrabbe
• 
  Austruca lactea
  Milky-Winkerkrabbe
• 
  Austruca occidentalis
  Ostafrikanische Winkerkrabbe
• 
  Austruca perplexa
  Gelbe Winkerkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-18 13:03:35 

Last edit:

2022-05-20 10:58:32 

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