Pugettia foliata Foliate Kelp Crab, Mimicing Crab

Pugettia foliata is commonly referred to as Foliate Kelp Crab, Mimicing Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Mimulus foliatus, Foliate Kelp Crab.Lampton Cliffs County Park, Cambria, CA 2012

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AphiaID:: 851288

Scientific:: Pugettia foliata
German:: Blatt-Kelpkrabbe, Mimik-Krabbe
English:: Foliate Kelp Crab, Mimicing Crab

Category:: Krabber

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Pugettia (Genus) > foliata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Stimpson, ), 1860

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 128 Meter
Size:: 3,2 cm
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Kelp, Seaweed
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pugettia dalli
Pugettia elongata
Pugettia foliatus
Pugettia gracilis
Grazile Kelp-Krabbe, Anmutige Kelp-Krabbe
Pugettia hubbsi
Pugettia incisa
Pugettia intermedia
Kelp-Krabbe
Pugettia kagoshimensis
Pugettia leytensis
Pugettia marissinica
Pugettia mindanaoensis
Pugettia minor
Pugettia nipponensis
Pugettia pellucens
Pugettia producta
Nördliche Kelp-Krabbe
Pugettia quadridens
Pugettia richii
Kryptische Kelp-Krabbe
Pugettia similis
Pugettia tasmanensis
Pugettia venetiae

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-30 19:57:40
Last edit:: 2021-05-30 19:57:40

Info

Pugettia foliata (Stimpson, 1860)

The carapace is wider than it is long and rouhgly mapla leaf shaped. Extremly variable of colour. Feed on drifting kelp.

Similar to the Northerm Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) and the Graceful Kelp Crab (Prugettia gracilis).

Synonymised names:
Mimulus acutifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 (junior synonym)
Mimulus foliatus Stimpson, 1860 (basionym)

External links

Biodiversity of The Central Coast (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2021.

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Mimulus foliatus, Foliate Kelp Crab.Lampton Cliffs County Park, Cambria, CA 2012

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