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Thalamita poissonii Poisson Swimming Crab

Thalamita poissonii is commonly referred to as Poisson Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Thalamita poissonii,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023


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lexID:
17306 
AphiaID:
107407 
Scientific:
Thalamita poissonii 
German:
Giftige Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Poisson Swimming Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Thalamita (Genus) > poissonii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Audouin, ), 1826 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Angola, Cyprus, European Coasts, Gabon, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Lessepsian migrant, Lybia, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritania, Red Sea, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tansania, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Turkey 
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:
0 - 80 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
0" - 1.18" (0,4cm - 3,8cm) 
Temperature:
24,3 °F - 84.2 °F (24,3°C - 29°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Thalamita acanthophallus
  • Thalamita admete
  • Thalamita annulipes
  • Thalamita anomala
  • Thalamita auauensis
  • Thalamita bacboensis
  • Thalamita bandusia
  • Thalamita bevisi
  • Thalamita bilobata
  • Thalamita bouvieri
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-14 19:53:34 

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Thalamita poissonii (Audouin, 1826)

Swimming crabs have paddle-like, flattened hind legs. They are carnivorous, active predators that can catch their prey at lightning speed. They have very defensive, powerful claws.

Unfortunately, no further information is available about Thalamita poissonii.

Synonymised names
Portunus poissonii Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita poissoni (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

External links

  1. biodiversitylibrary.org (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2025.
  2. ciesm.org (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2025.
  3. researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2025.
  4. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2025.

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