Loxorhynchus crispatus Moss crab, masking crab, decorator crab

Loxorhynchus crispatus is commonly referred to as Moss crab, masking crab, decorator crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

12141 

AphiaID:

441601 

Scientific:

Loxorhynchus crispatus 

German:

Mooskrabbe, Dekorateurkrabbe 

English:

Moss Crab, Masking Crab, Decorator Crab 

Category:

Granchi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Loxorhynchus (Genus) > crispatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Stimpson, 1857 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean) 

Sea depth:

1 - 369 Meter 

Size:

3.54" - 4.72" (9cm - 12,7cm) 

Temperature:

46.58 °F - 69.98 °F (8.1°C - 21.1°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Bryozoans (sea mats), Crustaceans, Sponges, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Loxorhynchus crispatus
  Mooskrabbe, Dekorateurkrabbe
• 
  Loxorhynchus grandis
  Kalifornische Schafskrabbe
• Loxorhynchus guinotae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-06-15 17:56:31 

Last edit:

2019-06-15 18:00:21 

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