Goniosupradens acutifrons Spine-fronted Swimming Crab

Goniosupradens acutifrons is commonly referred to as Spine-fronted Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3706 

AphiaID:

1358822 

Scientific:

Goniosupradens acutifrons 

German:

Stachelfront Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Spine-fronted Swimming Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Goniosupradens (Genus) > acutifrons (Species) 

Initial determination:

(De Man, ), 1879 

Occurrence:

Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Moluccas, Okinawa, Philippines, Sulawesi, Tansania, Timor Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

10 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 3.54" (6cm - 9cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Goniosupradens acutifrons
  Stachelfront Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Goniosupradens erythrodactylus
  Regenbogen-Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Goniosupradens hawaiensis
  Hawai Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-15 10:29:23 

Last edit:

2024-03-24 14:09:12 

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