Clibanarius antillensis Hermit Crab

Clibanarius antillensis is commonly referred to as Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 367492

Scientific:: Clibanarius antillensis
German:: Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Clibanarius (Genus) > antillensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Stimpson, 1859

Occurrence:: Central Atlantic, Central Pazific, Mexico (East Pacific), Philippines, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean
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:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 1.18" (3 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C)
Food:: Carrion, Frozen Food (large sort), omnivore, Zoobenthos
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Clibanarius antillensis
Einsiedlerkrebs
Clibanarius cubensis
Clibanarius tricolor
Dreifarben-Einsiedlerkrebs
Clibanarius vittatus
Dünnlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs
Clibanarius zebra

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-04-11 15:43:51
Last edit:: 2024-04-10 19:09:24

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Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1859

Clibanarius hermit crabs are omnivores, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion

Synonymised names:
Clibanarius brasiliensis Dana, 1852 (common usage of junior synonym)

External links

Crustiesfroverseas (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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bhb 17 P7140648 Hermit Crab, Clibanarius antillensis 2017

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