Paraleptuca crassipes Scarlet Fiddler Crab, Thick-legged Fiddler Crab

Paraleptuca crassipesis commonly referred to as Scarlet Fiddler Crab, Thick-legged Fiddler Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14817 

AphiaID:

955294 

Scientific:

Paraleptuca crassipes 

German:

Scharlachrote Winkerkrabbe, Dickbein-Winkerkrabbe 

English:

Scarlet Fiddler Crab, Thick-legged Fiddler Crab 

Category:

Mangrove Inhabitans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Ocypodidae (Family) > Paraleptuca (Genus) > crassipes (Species) 

Initial determination:

(White, ), 1847 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, French Polynesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Sulawesi, Tansania 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Mangrove Zones 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, omnivore 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
  Grünaugen-Winkerkrabbe
• 
  Paraleptuca crassipes
  Scharlachrote Winkerkrabbe, Dickbein-Winkerkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-05-20 13:24:53 

Last edit:

2024-03-02 20:19:29 

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