Macropodia longirostris Spider Crab

Macropodia longirostris is commonly referred to as 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.

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lexID:

7723 

AphiaID:

107343 

Scientific:

Macropodia longirostris 

German:

Gespensterkrabbe, Seespinne 

English:

Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Macropodia (Genus) > longirostris (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Carrion, omnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Macropodia cirripilus
• Macropodia czernjawskii
• Macropodia deflexa
• Macropodia doracis
• Macropodia dubaleni
• Macropodia falcifera
• Macropodia fechtneri
• Macropodia formosa
• Macropodia gilsoni
• Macropodia hesperiae
• Macropodia intermedia
• Macropodia linaresi
• Macropodia longicornis
• Macropodia longipes
• 
  Macropodia longirostris
  Gespensterkrabbe, Seespinne
• Macropodia macrocheles
• Macropodia parva
• 
  Macropodia rostrata
  Gespensterkrabbe
• Macropodia spinulosa
• Macropodia straeleni
• Macropodia tenuirostris
• Macropodia trigonus
• Macropodia urceolata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Macropodia sp.
  Gespenstkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-22 11:18:30 

Last edit:

2014-11-22 11:18:30 

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