Macrocheira kaempferi Crabzilla, Giant spider crab, Japanese spider crab, Takaashigani

Macrocheira kaempferi is commonly referred to as Crabzilla, Giant spider crab, Japanese spider crab, Takaashigani. Difficulty in the aquarium: Que pour les grands aquariums. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3304 

AphiaID:

346131 

Scientific:

Macrocheira kaempferi 

German:

Japanische Riesenkrabbe 

English:

Crabzilla, Giant Spider Crab, Japanese Spider Crab, Takaashigani 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Macrocheira (Genus) > kaempferi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Temminck, ), 1836 

Occurrence:

Japan 

Sea depth:

- 400 Meter 

Size:

up to 145.67" (370 cm) 

Weight:

13.6 kg 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 57.2 °F (11°C - 14°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

Que pour les grands aquariums 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Macrocheira kaempferi
  Japanische Riesenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-27 17:02:05 

Last edit:

2021-09-20 20:36:19 

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