Pugettia vulgaris Common Kelp Crab

Pugettia vulgaris is commonly referred to as Common Kelp Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Pugettia vulgaris Ohtsuchi, Japan 2018_1372-01

lace: Inner bay of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-7m, on Euplexaura sp.).Comment: carapace length=9.6mm (including seudorostrum).
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AphiaID:: 878106

Scientific:: Pugettia vulgaris
German:: Gewöhnliche Kelp-Krabbe
English:: Common Kelp Crab

Category:: Crabes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Pugettia (Genus) > vulgaris (Species)
Initial determination:: Ohtsuchi, Kawamura & Takeda, 2014

Occurrence:: Japan
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:: - 7 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown