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Quadrella coronata Gorgonian Crab, Black Coral Crab, Crowned Coral Crab, Soft Coral Crab

Quadrella coronata is commonly referred to as Gorgonian Crab, Black Coral Crab, Crowned Coral Crab, Soft Coral 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.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Quadrella coronata,Japan 1997_0320-01

Place: out side of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-25m, rocky bottom, on Siphonogorgia variabilis).Comment: carapace width=1cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
5571 
AphiaID:
210309 
Scientific:
Quadrella coronata 
German:
Kronen-Korallenkrabbe, Weichkorallen-Krabbe, Gorgonien Krabbe 
English:
Gorgonian Crab, Black Coral Crab, Crowned Coral Crab, Soft Coral Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Quadrella (Genus) > coronata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dana, 1852 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, India, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, South America, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, the Seychelles, Vanuatu 
Sea depth:
30 - 340 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 
Temperature:
15,4 °F - 26,8 °F (15,4°C - 26,8°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 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-24 19:13:39 

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Quadrella coronata Dana, 1852

Rarely seen in the wild and not collected for the aquarium trade.

Synonymised names
Quadrella coronata var. granulosa Borradaile, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Quadrella granulosa Borradaile, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (3)
Variety Quadrella coronata var. granulosa Borradaile, 1902 accepted as Quadrella coronata Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Quadrella coronata var. maculosa Alcock, 1898 accepted as Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Quadrella coronata var. reticulata Alcock, 1898 accepted as Quadrella reticulata Alcock, 1898 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

External links

  1. Marine Species Identiofikation Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 01.01.2024.

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copyright Ole Johann Brett, Norwegen
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copyright Ole Johann Brett, Norwegen
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Quadrella coronata,Japan 1997_0320-01
Quadrella granulosa (Gorgonian Crab) - Bali, 2012

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