Ucides cordatus Swamp Ghost Crab

Ucides cordatus is commonly referred to as Swamp Ghost Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2673 

AphiaID:

422170 

Scientific:

Ucides cordatus 

German:

Mangrovenkrabbe, Sumpf-Geisterkrabbe 

English:

Swamp Ghost Crab 

Category:

Mangrove Inhabitans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Ocypodidae (Family) > Ucides (Genus) > cordatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1763 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago 

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:

Beach, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Mangrove Zones, Muddy grounds, Soft grounds 

Size:

up to 3.5" (8.9 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 84.2 °F (20°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Aquatic plant, Detritus, Sea weed 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ucides cordatus
  Mangrovenkrabbe, Sumpf-Geisterkrabbe
• 
  Ucides occidentalis
  Pazifische Mangrovenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-16 12:14:24 

Last edit:

2024-12-05 20:13:37 

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