Huenia pacifica Pacific Spider Crab

Huenia pacifica is commonly referred to as Pacific 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.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Huenia pacifica, Anilao, Batangas, the Philippines 2018_1394-01

Place: dive site “Saim Sim”, Anilao, Batangas, the Philippines (-10m, sandy bottom).Comment: carapace length=15.65mm (including pseudo rostrum).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:: 17472
AphiaID:: 441459

Scientific:: Huenia pacifica
German:: Pazifische Spinnenkrabbe
English:: Pacific Spider Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Huenia (Genus) > pacifica (Species)
Initial determination:: Miers, 1879

Occurrence:: Anilao, Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Okinawa, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), The Ryukyu Islands
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:: 10 - 304 Meter
Habitats:: Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,1cm - 1,6cm)
Temperature:: 24,3 °F - 28,8 °F (24,3°C - 28,8°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