Ranina ranina The Red Frog Crab, Spanner Crab, Kona crab

Ranina ranina is commonly referred to as The Red Frog Crab, Spanner Crab, Kona crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11186 

AphiaID:

209574 

Scientific:

Ranina ranina 

German:

Rote Froschkrabbe, Rotfrosch-Spannerkrabbe 

English:

The Red Frog Crab, Spanner Crab, Kona Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Raninidae (Family) > Ranina (Genus) > ranina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, Cambodia, China, East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , South-Pazific, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, 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:

1 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.94" - 6.69" (10cm - 17,5cm) 

Weight:

900 g 

Temperature:

18,2 °F - 28,8 °F (18,2°C - 28,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 

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:

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  Ranina ranina
  Rote Froschkrabbe, Rotfrosch-Spannerkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-11-01 19:33:38 

Last edit:

2025-09-29 08:04:43 

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