Armases americanum Square-back American Marsh Crabs

Armases americanum is commonly referred to as Square-back American Marsh Crabs. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17045 

AphiaID:

422191 

Scientific:

Armases americanum 

German:

Amerikanische Mangroven-Quadratkrabbe 

English:

Square-back American Marsh Crabs 

Category:

Mangrove Inhabitans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Sesarmidae (Family) > Armases (Genus) > americanum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(de Saussure, ), 1857 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Gulf of Mexico, Panama, the Caribbean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Mangrove Zones 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Armases americanum
  Amerikanische Mangroven-Quadratkrabbe
• Armases angustipes
• Armases angustum
• Armases benedicti
• Armases cinereum
• Armases elegans
• Armases gorei
• Armases magdalenense
• Armases miersii
• Armases occidentale
• Armases ricordi
• Armases roberti
• Armases rubripes
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-12-07 14:04:38 

Last edit:

2024-12-07 14:15:48 

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