Elassochirus tenuimanus Widehand Hermit Crab

Elassochirus tenuimanus is commonly referred to as Widehand Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

12071 

AphiaID:

366322 

Scientific:

Elassochirus tenuimanus 

German:

Weißhand Großscheren-Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Widehand Hermit Crab 

Category:

Paguri 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Elassochirus (Genus) > tenuimanus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1851 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, North Pacific (Ocean) 

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:

0 - 210 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

3,4 °F - 8,6 °F (3,4°C - 8,6°C) 

Food:

Snails, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Elassochirus cavimanus
• Elassochirus gilli
• 
  Elassochirus tenuimanus
  Weißhand Großscheren-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-04-11 19:56:51 

Last edit:

2024-07-09 19:25:39 

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