Pisa nodipes Spider Crab

Pisa nodipes is commonly referred to as Spider Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16894 

AphiaID:

107357 

Scientific:

Pisa nodipes 

German:

Spinnen Dekorateurkrabbe 

English:

Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Pisa (Genus) > nodipes (Species) 

Initial determination:

Leach, 1815 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madeira, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

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 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Kelp forests, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Sponge areas 

Size:

5,7 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Pisa armata
  Gibbs Dreieckskrabbe
• Pisa calva
• Pisa carinimana
• Pisa hirticornis
• Pisa lanata
• Pisa muscosa
• 
  Pisa nodipes
  Spinnen Dekorateurkrabbe
• Pisa sanctaehelenae
• Pisa santaehelenae
• Pisa tetraodon

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-10-22 14:16:42 

Last edit:

2024-10-22 14:28:03 

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