Schizophrys aspera Common Decorator Crab, Red Spider Crab, Red Sea Toad, Red Decorator Crab, Ornamental spider crab

Schizophrys aspera is commonly referred to as Common Decorator Crab, Red Spider Crab, Red Sea Toad, Red Decorator Crab, Ornamental 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:

2568 

AphiaID:

210145 

Scientific:

Schizophrys aspera 

German:

Gabel-Spinnenkrabbe, Raue Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Common Decorator Crab, Red Spider Crab, Red Sea Toad, Red Decorator Crab, Ornamental Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Majidae (Family) > Schizophrys (Genus) > aspera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(H. Milne Edwards, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Arabian Sea, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Australia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Thailand, the Seychelles, Timor, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, 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:

0 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

Bollards, Jetties, Sea bridges, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 84.2 °F (24,7°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory, Starfishs 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Schizophrys aspera
  Gabel-Spinnenkrabbe, Raue Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Schizophrys dahlak
  Spinnebkrabbe
• Schizophrys dama
• Schizophrys dichotomus
• Schizophrys pakistanensis
• 
  Schizophrys rufescens
  Rostrote Spinnenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-16 10:02:42 

Last edit:

2024-03-06 20:47:48 

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