Daira perlata Beaded Crab

Daira perlatais commonly referred to as Beaded Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

15370 

AphiaID:

107426 

Scientific:

Daira perlata 

German:

Perlen-Krabbe 

English:

Beaded Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Dairidae (Family) > Daira (Genus) > perlata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1790 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, China, East Africa, European Coasts, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, New Caledonia, North Atlantic Ocean, Okinawa, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Solomon Islands, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

76.28 °F - 84.74 °F (24.6°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, omnivore, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Daira americana
• 
  Daira perlata
  Perlen-Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-11-19 18:22:19 

Last edit:

2022-11-21 09:33:43 

Toxicity

Daira perlata is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Daira perlata, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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