Alcockdromia fallax Sponge Crab

Alcockdromia fallax is commonly referred to as Sponge Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10741 

AphiaID:

209470 

Scientific:

Alcockdromia fallax 

German:

Schwammkrabbe 

English:

Sponge Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Dromiidae (Family) > Alcockdromia (Genus) > fallax (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Latreille in Milbert, ), 1812 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, (the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, China, Comores, East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, South-Pazific, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

1 - 3 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carrion, omnivore 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Alcockdromia fallax
  Schwammkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-05-21 19:47:20 

Last edit:

2024-05-05 18:53:33 

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