Inachus phalangium Leach's spider crab

Inachus phalangium is commonly referred to as Leach's 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:

2759 

AphiaID:

107333 

Scientific:

Inachus phalangium 

German:

Anemonen-Gespenstkrabbe 

English:

Leach's Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Inachus (Genus) > phalangium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

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:

5 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,7cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

44.6 °F - 75.2 °F (7°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen food (small sorts), Living Food, Mysis, Pellets, Zooplankton 

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:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Inachus aguiarii
• Inachus angolensis
• Inachus biceps
• Inachus communissimus
• Inachus complectens
• 
  Inachus dorsettensis
  Seespinne
• Inachus grallator
• Inachus guentheri
• Inachus leptochirus
• Inachus nanus
• Inachus parvirostris
• 
  Inachus phalangium
  Anemonen-Gespenstkrabbe
• Inachus thoracicus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-03-15 20:35:27 

Last edit:

2023-05-07 09:33:00 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Show more pictures

Husbandry know-how of owners