Laleonectes vocans Spotted Swimming Crab

Laleonectes vocans is commonly referred to as Spotted Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17946 

AphiaID:

107384 

Scientific:

Laleonectes vocans 

German:

Gefleckte Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Spotted Swimming Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Laleonectes (Genus) > vocans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1878 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, São Tomé e Principé, South Atlantic, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, Venezuela 

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:

6 - 310 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Coralline soils, coral quarry, Muddy grounds, Ocean beach, Seashore, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Soft grounds, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 

Size:

1.18" - 1.97" (3,5cm - 5cm) 

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:

• Laleonectes nipponensis
• Laleonectes stridens
• 
  Laleonectes vocans
  Gefleckte Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-12-04 19:55:51 

Last edit:

2025-12-04 20:09:08 

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