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Phimochirus holthuisi Red-striped hermit

Phimochirus holthuisi is commonly referred to as Red-striped hermit. 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 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
7224 
AphiaID:
366818 
Scientific:
Phimochirus holthuisi 
German:
Rotgestreifter Einsiedler 
English:
Red-striped Hermit 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Phimochirus (Genus) > holthuisi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Provenzano, ), 1961 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Alaska , Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Mauritania, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
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:
1 - 210 Meter 
Habitats:
Coralline soils, coral quarry, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.98" (1cm - 2.5cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
omnivore 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-12 12:47:48 

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Phimochirus holthuisi (Provenzano, 1961)

Phimochirus holthuisi lifes in the tropic-warm regions of the Western Atlantic in a depth form 6 to 20 meters.

This hermit crab is a fairly good hermit for your reef tanks, ist eyestalks are white and red.

The hermit is found in intertidal zones and coral reefs.

Synonymised names
Pylopagurus holthuisi Provenzano, 1961 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. reefguide.org/ (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2025.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 12.02.2025.

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