Oncinopus neptunus Neptune Crab

Oncinopus neptunus is commonly referred to as Neptune 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:

6192 

AphiaID:

217311 

Scientific:

Oncinopus neptunus 

German:

Neptunkrabbe, Orang Uran Krabbe 

English:

Neptune Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Oncinopus (Genus) > neptunus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Adams & White, 1848 

Occurrence:

Australia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Singapore, Somalia, Timor Sea, Western Pacific 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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

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:

• Oncinopus angustifrons
• 
  Oncinopus araneus
  King Kong Krabbe
• 
  Oncinopus neptunus
  Neptunkrabbe, Orang Uran Krabbe
• Oncinopus postillonensis
• Oncinopus subpellucidus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-10 11:09:04 

Last edit:

2026-03-30 15:46:18 

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