Porcellanella haigae Haig's Porcelain Crab, Sea-pen Crab

Porcellanella haigae is commonly referred to as Haig's Porcelain Crab, Sea-pen 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 240 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7402 

AphiaID:

410123 

Scientific:

Porcellanella haigae 

German:

Haigs Porzellankrebs, Seefeder-Garnele 

English:

Haig's Porcelain Crab, Sea-pen Crab 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Porcellanella (Genus) > haigae (Species) 

Initial determination:

Sankarankutty, 1963 

Occurrence:

Bali, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), New Caledonia, Red Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

10 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

52.79 gal (~ 240L)  

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:

• 
  Porcellanella haigae
  Haigs Porzellankrebs, Seefeder-Garnele
• 
  Porcellanella triloba
  Seefeder-Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-27 14:04:28 

Last edit:

2022-01-26 21:13:41 

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