Parribacus japonicus Japanese mitten lobster

Parribacus japonicusis commonly referred to as Japanese mitten lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

2569 

AphiaID:

382927 

Scientific:

Parribacus japonicus 

German:

Bärenkrebs 

English:

Japanese Mitten Lobster 

Category:

Pistol Shrimps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Scyllaridae (Family) > Parribacus (Genus) > japonicus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Holthuis, 1960 

Occurrence:

Indo Pacific, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 

Size:

7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Parribacus antarcticus
  Bärtiger Bärenkrebs
• Parribacus caledonicus
• Parribacus holthuisi
• 
  Parribacus japonicus
  Bärenkrebs
• Parribacus perlatus
• Parribacus scarlatinus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-16 10:39:35 

Last edit:

2008-08-16 10:39:35 

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