Xenocarcinus depressus Depressed Spider Crab

Xenocarcinus depressus is commonly referred to as Depressed Spider Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

4017 

AphiaID:

441507 

Scientific:

Xenocarcinus depressus 

German:

Spinnenkrabbe Krabbe 

English:

Depressed Spider Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Xenocarcinus (Genus) > depressus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Miers, 1874 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Queensland (Australia), South-Pazific, Tansania 

Sea depth:

1 - 10 Meter 

Size:

1,4 cm 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Xenocarcinus conicus
  Gorgonien-Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Xenocarcinus depressus
  Spinnenkrabbe Krabbe
• Xenocarcinus longicornis
• Xenocarcinus monoceros
• Xenocarcinus truncatifrons

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
  Drahtkorallen-Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-01-28 13:25:38 

Last edit:

2022-07-13 16:02:40 

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