Polybius corrugatus Wrinkled Swimming Crab

Polybius corrugatus is commonly referred to as Wrinkled Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7046 

AphiaID:

1752528 

Scientific:

Polybius corrugatus 

German:

Rote Schwimmkrabbe, Runzelige Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Wrinkled Swimming Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Polybiidae (Family) > Polybius (Genus) > corrugatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pennant, ), 1777 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Benin, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Angola, Australia, Azores, Cameroon, China, Congo, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madeira, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Isle of Man, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, 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:

18 - 130 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Mudflat, Wadden Sea, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils, Soft grounds, Wadden Sea 

Size:

0.79" - 2.36" (2,4cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

9,9 °F - 27,6 °F (9,9°C - 27,6°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Invertebrates, Predatory, Worms 

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:

• Polybius henslowii

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Polybius corrugatus
  Rote Schwimmkrabbe, Runzelige Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius depurator
  Sand-Schwimmkrabbe, Hafen-Schwimmkrabbe, Blaubein-Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius holsatus
  Gemeine Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius marmoreus
  Marmorierte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius navigator
  Gewimperte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius vernalis
  Ovale Schwimmkrabbe, Glatte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius zariquieyi
  Schwimmkrabbe, Ruderkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-20 19:03:34 

Last edit:

2024-12-03 14:35:08 

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