Amphithrax aculeatus Paved Clinging Crab, Mithracid Spider Crab

Amphithrax aculeatus is commonly referred to as Paved Clinging Crab, Mithracid Spider 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:

15634 

AphiaID:

1258708 

Scientific:

Amphithrax aculeatus 

German:

Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Paved Clinging Crab, Mithracid Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Mithracidae (Family) > Amphithrax (Genus) > aculeatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1790 

Occurrence:

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bonaire, Brazil, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Panama, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:

Meter 

Size:

6,6 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Amphithrax aculeatus
  Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Amphithrax hemphilli
  Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Amphithrax pilosus
  Haarige Spinnenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-03-19 12:49:14 

Last edit:

2023-03-19 13:01:35 

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