Echinoecus pentagonus

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Sea Urchin Crab (Echinoecus pentagonus)

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Scientific:: Echinoecus pentagonus
German:: Seeigel-Krabbe
English:: Sea Urchin Crab, Anal Crab

Category:: Crabes
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Echinoecus (Genus) > pentagonus (Species)
Initial determination:: (A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1879

Occurrence:: Marquesas Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Ambon, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Tuamoto Islands, the Society Islands, Moluccas, Kiribati, Australie, Corée, Hawaii, île Maurice, îles Ryuku, îles Salomon, indo pacifique, Indonésie, Japon, La Réunion, Madagascar, Océan Indien, Okinawa, Ouest de l'Océan Indien, Philippines, Polynésie Française, Queensland, Seychelles, Thaïlande, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 1 - 25 Meter
Size:: bis zu 1,3cm
Temperature:: 23°C - 26°C
Tank:: ~ 100 Liter
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:

Echinoecus nipponicus
Echinoecus pentagonus
Seeigel-Krabbe
Echinoecus sculptus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-10-23 09:13:47
Last edit:: 2019-10-27 17:22:42

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Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)

The "sea urchin crab" Echinoecus pentagonus is a species of crab in the family Pilumnidae
Usually inhabits the anal pore of the sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris. Carapace width 1/2 inch. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.

Taxonomic synonyms of E. pentagonus include
Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939
Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894
Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939
Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1906
Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Eumedonus petiti Gravier, 1922
Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906

Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Unreviewed: Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Pilumnoidea (Superfamily) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Eumedoninae (Subfamily) > Echinoecus (Genus) > Echinoecus pentagonus (Species)

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