Portumnus latipes Pennant's Swimming Crab, Slender Swimcrab

Portumnus latipes is commonly referred to as Pennant's Swimming Crab, Slender Swimcrab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:: 8734
AphiaID:: 107400

Scientific:: Portumnus latipes
German:: Pennant's Schwimmkrabbe, Marmorierte Schwimmkrabbe, Breitfuss Krabbe
English:: Pennant's Swimming Crab, Slender Swimcrab

Category:: Crabes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Carcinidae (Family) > Portumnus (Genus) > latipes (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pennant, ), 1777

Occurrence:: Tunesien, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Belgium, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Morocco, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Ukraine
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:: - 150 Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1,9cm - 2,7cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: omnivore
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
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:

Portumnus latipes
Pennant's Schwimmkrabbe, Marmorierte Schwimmkrabbe, Breitfuss Krabbe
Portumnus lysianassa

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-09-09 14:30:53
Last edit:: 2024-03-09 12:48:41

Info

Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777)

Portunidae is a family of crabs that also includes swimming crabs. They are characterized by the fifth pair of legs being flattened into wide paddles and used for swimming. This ability, along with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.

Portumnus latipes is a small swimming crab found in the intertidal zone of sandy, exposed beaches.

Synonymised names
Cancer latipes Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer latipes De Geer, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (based on a figure in Seba (1734-1765))
Platyonichus latipes (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portumnus monodon Leach, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portumnus variegatus Leach, 1814 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus latipes (Pennant, 1977) · unaccepted > misspelling

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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