Ozius rugulosus Crab

Ozius rugulosus is commonly referred to as Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18406 

AphiaID:

209152 

Scientific:

Ozius rugulosus 

German:

Runzelige Ozius 

English:

Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Oziidae (Family) > Ozius (Genus) > rugulosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Stimpson, 1858 

Occurrence:

Comores, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Okinawa, Red Sea, Somalia, Taiwan 

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:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rock crevices, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools, Under rocks 

Size:

3,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

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:

• 
  Ozius deplanatus
  Eisen-Krabbe, Schwarzfinger-Krabbe
• Ozius granulosus
• 
  Ozius guttatus
  Gefleckte Felsenkrabbe, Fleckenbauch Felsenkrabbe
• Ozius hawaiiensis
• Ozius lobatus
• Ozius perlatus
• Ozius reticulatus
• 
  Ozius rugulosus
  Runzelige Ozius
• Ozius tenuidactylus
• Ozius tricarinatus
• Ozius truncatus
• Ozius tuberculosus
• Ozius verreauxii
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-14 12:37:43 

Last edit:

2026-06-14 12:45:35 

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