Hippa marmorata Marbled Mole Crab, Mole Crab, Sand Crab

Hippa marmorata is commonly referred to as Marbled Mole Crab, Mole Crab, Sand 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.

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lexID:

13246 

AphiaID:

467822 

Scientific:

Hippa marmorata 

German:

Sandkrebs, Maulwurfkrebs 

English:

Marbled Mole Crab, Mole Crab, Sand Crab 

Category:

Krebs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippidae (Family) > Hippa (Genus) > marmorata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hombron & Jacquinot, [in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842-1854]), 1846 

Occurrence:

Australia, Caroline Island, Clipperton Island, Columbia, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands, Gulf of California, Hawaii, Indonesia, Lombok, Marschall Islands, Moorea, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Territory (Australia), Panama, Philippines, Revillagigedo Islands, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tansania, the Society Islands, West Papua  

Sea depth:

1 - 60 Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3,5cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 28,7 °F (24,5°C - 28,7°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Detritus, Jellyfish, omnivore, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

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:

• Hippa testudinaria

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hippa marmorata
  Sandkrebs, Maulwurfkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-09-11 10:00:14 

Last edit:

2020-09-13 21:04:19 

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