Naxioides robillardi Robillard 's Spider Crab

Naxioides robillardi is commonly referred to as Robillard 's Spider Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18180 

AphiaID:

441618 

Scientific:

Naxioides robillardi 

German:

Robillards Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Robillard 's Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Naxioides (Genus) > robillardi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Miers, ), 1882 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Corea, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indo Pacific, Japan, Norfolk Island, Tasmania (Australia) 

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:

30 - 260 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Under rocks 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

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:

• Naxioides carnarvon
• Naxioides cerastes
• Naxioides hirtus
• Naxioides inermis
• Naxioides investigatoris
• 
  Naxioides robillardi
  Robillards Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Naxioides taurus
  Bullen-Spinnenkrabbe
• Naxioides teatui
• Naxioides tenuirostris
• Naxioides vaitahu

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-02-23 13:01:29 

Last edit:

2026-02-23 13:13:35 

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