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Gonioinfradens giardi Swimming crab

Gonioinfradens giardi is commonly referred to as Swimming crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Gonioinfradens giardi,2021


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lexID:
14705 
AphiaID:
1250204 
Scientific:
Gonioinfradens giardi 
German:
Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Swimming Crab 
Category:
Crabes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Gonioinfradens (Genus) > giardi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Nobili, ), 1905 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Arabian Sea, Greece, Invasive Species, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Lessepsian migrant, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Red Sea, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
3,7 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Gonioinfradens paucidentatus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-04-18 22:52:11 

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Gonioinfradens giardi (Nobili, 1905)

Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming.[2] This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.

Synonymised names:
Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) giardi (Nobili, 1905) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita giardi Nobili, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2022.
  2. New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2021) (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2022.
  3. The resurrection of Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) giardi (Nobili, 1905), newly recorded from the SE Mediterranean Sea (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2022.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 15.04.2022.

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