Phalangipus longipes Spider crab

Phalangipus longipes is commonly referred to as Spider 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.

Profile

lexID:

3987 

AphiaID:

441656 

Scientific:

Phalangipus longipes 

German:

Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Spider Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Phalangipus (Genus) > longipes (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phalangipus australiensis
• Phalangipus filiformis
• 
  Phalangipus hystrix
  Spinnenkrabbe
• Phalangipus indicus
• 
  Phalangipus longipes
  Spinnenkrabbe
• Phalangipus malakkensis
• Phalangipus persicus
• Phalangipus retusus
• Phalangipus trachysternus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-01-05 09:30:18 

Last edit:

2019-09-10 10:29:33 

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