Romaleon antennarium Pacific Rock Crab, Common Rock Crab, Spot-bellied Rock Crab, Rock Crab, Red Rock Crab, California Red Rock Crab

Romaleon antennarium is commonly referred to as Pacific Rock Crab, Common Rock Crab, Spot-bellied Rock Crab, Rock Crab, Red Rock Crab, California Red Rock 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.

Profile

lexID:

10951 

AphiaID:

440397 

Scientific:

Romaleon antennarium 

German:

Pazifischer Taschenkrebs 

English:

Pacific Rock Crab, Common Rock Crab, Spot-bellied Rock Crab, Rock Crab, Red Rock Crab, California Red Rock Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cancridae (Family) > Romaleon (Genus) > antennarium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Stimpson, ), 1856 

Occurrence:

Gulf of California, USA 

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:

0 - 91 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

6,9 °F - 21,1 °F (6,9°C - 21,1°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Romaleon antennarium
  Pazifischer Taschenkrebs
• Romaleon branneri
• Romaleon gibbosulum
• Romaleon jordani
• Romaleon luzonense
• Romaleon nadaense
• Romaleon polyodon

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-04 19:44:54 

Last edit:

2023-10-30 17:19:39 

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