Xenocarcinus tuberculatus Wire Coral Crab

Xenocarcinus tuberculatus is commonly referred to as Wire Coral Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11924 

AphiaID:

208897 

Scientific:

Xenocarcinus tuberculatus 

German:

Drahtkorallen-Krabbe 

English:

Wire Coral Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Xenocarcinus (Genus) > tuberculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

White, 1847 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, Central Pazific, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Mauritius, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Singapore, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, 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 - 150 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Commensalism, No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Xenocarcinus conicus
  Gorgonien-Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Xenocarcinus depressus
  Spinnenkrabbe Krabbe
• Xenocarcinus longicornis
• Xenocarcinus monoceros
• Xenocarcinus truncatifrons

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
  Drahtkorallen-Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-01-24 20:33:39 

Last edit:

2025-06-25 13:02:41 

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