Pagurixus handrecki Clarrie's Hermit Crab

Pagurixus handrecki is commonly referred to as Clarrie's Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3328 

AphiaID:

366628 

Scientific:

Pagurixus handrecki 

German:

Clarries Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Clarrie's Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurixus (Genus) > handrecki (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gunn & Morgan, 1992 

Occurrence:

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:

0 - 45 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

10,5 °F - 23,7 °F (10,5°C - 23,7°C) 

Food:

Carnivore 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pagurixus festinus
  Zwerg-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus nomurai
  Nomuras Einsiedlerkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pagurixus anceps
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus dissimilis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus handrecki
  Clarries Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus patiae
  Pats Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus rubrovittatus
  Rotlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-09-14 19:44:33 

Last edit:

2022-12-26 19:38:39 

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