Trizopagurus melitai Melita Hermit Crab

Trizopagurus melitai is commonly referred to as Melita Hermit 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:

18440 

AphiaID:

367550 

Scientific:

Trizopagurus melitai 

German:

Melita Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Melita Hermit Crab 

Category:

Eremitkrebs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Trizopagurus (Genus) > melitai (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Chevreux & Bouvier, ), 1892 

Occurrence:

Ghana, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, the Ivory Coast 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Ocean beach, Seashore 

Size:

1,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Trizopagurus magnificus
  Gepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs, Prächtiger Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Trizopagurus melitai
  Melita Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-27 10:11:31 

Last edit:

2026-06-27 12:51:24 

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