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Grapsus adscensionis Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus adscensionisis commonly referred to as Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Grapsus adscensionis,East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab,Las Salinas, Agaete, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias 2023

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lexID:
11477 
AphiaID:
241198 
Scientific:
Grapsus adscensionis 
German:
Rote Klippenkrabbe, Rote Felsenkrabbe 
English:
Red Rock Crab, East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Grapsidae (Family) > Grapsus (Genus) > adscensionis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Osbeck, ), 1765 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Benin, West Sahara, Ghana, Africa, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, Balearic Islands, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo 
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:
0 - 13 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Surf zones 
Size:
8,0 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, omnivore 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-11-13 11:05:21 

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Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)

Grapsus adscensionis , commonly known as The Red Rock Crab, lives near the water line on rocks. This crab is very active on land and takes refuge in the sea when there is danger . Grapsus adscensionis is an algae grazer.

Grapsus adscensionis is a common intertidal species in the eastern Atlantic.

Synonyme:
Cancer adscensionis Osbeck, 1765
Grapsus adscencionis (Osbeck, 1765) (lapsus calami)
Grapsus pictus var. ocellatus Studer, 1883
Grapsus webbi H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Scientific paper

  1. Variability in the Abundance of the Rock Crab Grapsus adscensionis (Decapoda: Grapsidae) in the Canary Islands (Eastern Atlantic), Ramírez, Rubén; Haroun, Ricardo , 2014
  2. Sexual Maturity and Reproductive Strategy of the Rock Crab Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) on Ascension Island, Richard G. Hartnoll, 2009
  3. Sexual Maturity and Reproductive Strategy of the Rock Crab Grapsus Adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) on Ascension Island, Hartnoll, Richard G., 2009
  4. First zoeal stages of Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck) and Planes minutus (Linnaeus) (Brachyura: Grapsidae) described from laboratory hatched material, with notes on larval characters of the Grapsinae, Cuesta, J.A.; González-Gordillo, J.I.; Rodríguez, A. , 1997

External links

  1. An updated checklist of the marine Decapoda of Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  2. Biology of Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) in the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  3. Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
  4. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Südküste von Gran Canaria (c)etfoto

Commonly

Grapsus adscensionis,Las Salinas, Agaete, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias 2023
Grapsus adscensionis,East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab,Las Salinas, Agaete, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias 2023
Grapsus adscensionis,East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab,Las Salinas, Agaete, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias 2023
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Grapsus adscensionis, La Palma eingestellt von etfoto_ 2018 in

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