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Metopograpsus oceanicus Purple Climbing Crab, Purple Climber Crab

Metopograpsus oceanicusis commonly referred to as Purple Climbing Crab, Purple Climber Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Metopograpsus oceanicus, Philippines 2023

Place: Calatagan, Batangas, the Philippines (mangrove flat).Comment: carapace width=28.8mm, male.1432-02
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lexID:
16307 
AphiaID:
207535 
Scientific:
Metopograpsus oceanicus 
German:
Lila Felsenkrabbe, Mangroven Krabbe 
English:
Purple Climbing Crab, Purple Climber Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Grapsidae (Family) > Metopograpsus (Genus) > oceanicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hombron & Jacquinot, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, East Africa, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Tansania, Thailand, USA 
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:
- 1 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Mangrove Zones, Rocky shores, Rock coasts 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C) 
Food:
omnivore 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-06 08:47:51 

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Metopograpsus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)

The Indo-Pacific genus Metopograpsus belongs to the family Grapsidae. They are intertidal crabs that inhabit sheltered rocky shores and mangrove forests. All species feed opportunistically.

The original distribution area of Metopograpsus oceanicus extended from East Africa to the Philippines until 1960, then to Palua in 1989, Guam in 1997 and to Hawaii in 2006. Metopograpsus oceanicus was probably introduced to both the Hawaiian Islands and Guam through shipping.

Metopograpsus oceanicus tends to be darker than Metopograpsus messor. The crab is mottled in colors of black, brown and light brown. The scissor arms are purple.

Synonymised names
Eurycarcinus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Grapsus (Grapsus) sulcifer Herklots, 1861 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Grapsus oceanicus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2024.
  2. Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2024.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2024.
  4. Wildsingapore (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2024.

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Metopograpsus oceanicus, Philippines 2023

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