Carupa tenuipes Violet Eyed Swimming Crab

Carupa tenuipesis commonly referred to as Violet Eyed Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Carupa-tenuipes

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AphiaID:: 208760

Scientific:: Carupa tenuipes
German:: Violett-Augen Schwimmkrabbe
English:: Violet Eyed Swimming Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Carupa (Genus) > tenuipes (Species)
Initial determination:: Dana, 1852

Occurrence:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles
Sea depth:: 0,5 - 100 Meter
Size:: 1,1 cm
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory
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:

Carupa ohashii
Carupa tenuipes
Violett-Augen Schwimmkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-09-09 17:24:29
Last edit:: 2023-03-25 09:32:41

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Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852

Portunidae with eyestalks of normal length; carapace broad (transversely elliptical) and convex in both directions. Its a slender-legged swimming crab.

Occasional in shallow water at night. Attains carapace width of 1,1 cm.

Synonymised names:
Carupa laeviuscula Heller, 1862 (junior synonym)

Scientific paper

Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851: An Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab New to the Mediterranean (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae), Bella S. Galil, 2004

External links

decapoda.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
Encyclopedia of Life version (EOL) (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
Underwaterkwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.

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