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Myra fugax Fleeting Purse Crab

Myra fugax is commonly referred to as Fleeting Purse Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Crab - Myra fugax, A long-armed crab, Myra fugax. Carapace 1 inch wide (25mm), Anilao 2016


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lexID:
14091 
AphiaID:
107309 
Scientific:
Myra fugax 
German:
Kugelkrabbe, Kieselkrabbe 
English:
Fleeting Purse Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Leucosiidae (Family) > Myra (Genus) > fugax (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Fabricius, ), 1798 
Occurrence:
Anilao, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Turkey, Vietnam 
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:
4 - 250 Meter 
Habitats:
Ocean beach, Seashore, Sandy sea floors 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Temperature:
58.1 °F - 81.86 °F (14.5°C - 27.7°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-19 15:00:58 

Info

Myra fugax (Fabricius, 1798)

Carapace is rounded, globose, with a finely granulate dorsal surface. Chelipeds and legs are long and slender. The coluor varies from pale pink to pale yellow. This species prefer sandy substrate.

Synonymised names:
Cancer punctatus Herbst, 1783 (pre-occupied name)
Leucosia fugax Weber, 1795 (nomen nudum)
Leucosia fugax Fabricius, 1798 (basionym)
Myra carinata White, 1847 (nomen nudum)
Myra carinata Bell, 1855 (junior synonym)
Myra longimerus H.-L. Chen & Türkay, 2001 (junior synonym)
Myra pentacantha Alcock, 1896 (junior synonym)

External links

  1. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 13.09.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 13.09.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.09.2021.

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Commonly

Foto: Culut, Mabini, Calabarzon, Philippinen
Foto: Culut, Mabini, Calabarzon, Philippinen
Purse crab - Myra fugax 25mm,with a smooth carapace and distinctive pointed tip at its base, Anilao 2016
Elbow crab - Myra fugax aound 20mm.Anilao 2018
Crab - Myra fugax, A long-armed crab, Myra fugax. Carapace 1 inch wide (25mm), Anilao 2016

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