Echinoecus pentagonus Sea Urchin Crab, Anal crab

Echinoecus pentagonus is commonly referred to as Sea Urchin Crab, Anal 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:

11155 

AphiaID:

442367 

Scientific:

Echinoecus pentagonus 

German:

Seeigel-Krabbe 

English:

Sea Urchin Crab, Anal Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Echinoecus (Genus) > pentagonus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1879 

Occurrence:

Ambon, Australia, Corea, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Moluccas, Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Solomon Islands, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

1 - 25 Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,3 cm 

Temperature:

66.92 °F - 84.56 °F (19.4°C - 29.2°C) 

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:

• Echinoecus nipponicus
• 
  Echinoecus pentagonus
  Seeigel-Krabbe
• 
  Echinoecus sculptus
  Seeigelkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-23 09:13:47 

Last edit:

2025-08-28 20:01:08 

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