Tetralia nigrolineata Acropora Crab

Tetralia nigrolineata is commonly referred to as Acropora Crab. 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 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2171 

AphiaID:

443859 

Scientific:

Tetralia nigrolineata 

German:

Akropora Krabbe, Schwarzlinien Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Acropora Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Tetraliidae (Family) > Tetralia (Genus) > nigrolineata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Serène & Pham, 1957 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Réunion , Singapore, Solomon Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Western Australia, Western Indian 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 - 66 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Marine / Salt Water, On living corals 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 29,0 °F (24,5°C - 29,0°C) 

Food:

Mucus, No reliable information available 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• Tetralia aurantistellata
• Tetralia brengelae
• Tetralia brunalineata
• 
  Tetralia cavimana
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia cinctipes
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia glaberrima
  Acropora Korallenkrabbe
• Tetralia muta
• 
  Tetralia nigrolineata
  Akropora Krabbe, Schwarzlinien Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia ocucaerulea
  Zorro Krabbe, Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia rubridactyla
  Korallenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-03-18 10:58:16 

Last edit:

2026-05-03 12:39:00 

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