Echinoecus nipponicus Japanese Sea Urchin Crab

Echinoecus nipponicus is commonly referred to as Japanese Sea Urchin 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

Echinoecus nipponicus, Japan 1989_0063-01

Place: Tip of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-20m, rocky bottom, symbiotic on Heliocidaris crassispina A. Agassiz, 1863).Comment: carapace width=1.0cm (approximately).
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AphiaID:: 442366

Scientific:: Echinoecus nipponicus
German:: Japanische Seeigelkrabbe
English:: Japanese Sea Urchin Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Echinoecus (Genus) > nipponicus (Species)
Initial determination:: Miyake, 1939

Occurrence:: Endemic species, Japan
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1,0 cm
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown