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Aniculus elegans Elegant Hermit Crab

Aniculus elegans is commonly referred to as Elegant Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5540 
AphiaID:
367402 
Scientific:
Aniculus elegans 
German:
Eleganter Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Elegant Hermit Crab 
Category:
Eremitkrebs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Aniculus (Genus) > elegans (Species) 
Initial determination:
Stimpson, 1858 
Occurrence:
Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Indian Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama 
Sea depth:
- 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
23,2 °F - 30,3 °F (23,2°C - 30,3°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Invertebrates 
Tank:
54.99 gal (~ 250L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-06 09:59:09 

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Aniculus elegans Stimpson, 1858

Aniculus elegans, aloso known as the elegant hermit crab, is the only American species of this small genus of marine hermits, which is also widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

Feed on algae and small invertebrates.

Synonym:
Aniculus longitarsis Streets, 1871

External links

  1. reeflifesurvey (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2023.

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Copyright Dave Clausen, Foto aus Baja California, Mexico
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