Cryptosoma balguerii Shameface Heart Crab

Cryptosoma balguerii is commonly referred to as Shameface Heart Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17825 

AphiaID:

421920 

Scientific:

Cryptosoma balguerii 

German:

Schamkrabbe 

English:

Shameface Heart Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Cryptosoma (Genus) > balguerii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, 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 - 38 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coral rubble substrate, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2,8 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cryptosoma bairdii
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Cryptosoma balguerii
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Cryptosoma cristatum
  Kleingefleckte Schamkrabbe
• Cryptosoma garthi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-10-26 16:40:21 

Last edit:

2025-10-26 17:15:10 

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