Hyas coarctatus Toad crab, Arctic lyre crab

Hyas coarctatus is commonly referred to as Toad crab, Arctic lyre crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: pas pour les débutants. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6907 

AphiaID:

107323 

Scientific:

Hyas coarctatus 

German:

Dreieckskrabbe 

English:

Toad Crab, Arctic Lyre Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Oregoniidae (Family) > Hyas (Genus) > coarctatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Leach, 1815 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, The Shetland Islands (Scotland) 

Size:

0.67" - 2.4" (1.7cm - 6.1cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Detritus, Invertebrates, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

pas pour les débutants 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hyas alutaceus
• 
  Hyas araneus
  Nordische Seespinne,Zaikobbe
• 
  Hyas coarctatus
  Dreieckskrabbe
• Hyas lyratus
• Hyas ursinus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-24 19:02:54 

Last edit:

2014-03-24 19:02:54 

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