Xiphonectes longispinosus Long-spine swimming crab

Xiphonectes longispinosus is commonly referred to as Long-spine swimming crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13435 

AphiaID:

456151 

Scientific:

Xiphonectes longispinosus 

German:

Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Long-spine Swimming Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Xiphonectes (Genus) > longispinosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Ambon, Australia, Bali, Caroline Island, Comores, French Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kiribati, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , the Seychelles, Timor Sea, Tuamoto Islands 

Sea depth:

1 - 305 Meter 

Temperature:

64.94 °F - 82.22 °F (18.3°C - 27.9°C) 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Xiphonectes longispinosus
  Schwimmkrabbe

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Xiphonectes macrophthalmus
  Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-13 22:00:32 

Last edit:

2021-03-24 20:03:57 

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