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Carupa tenuipes Violet Eyed Swimming Crab

Carupa tenuipes is commonly referred to as Violet Eyed Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Carupa-tenuipes


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lexID:
13241 
AphiaID:
208760 
Scientific:
Carupa tenuipes 
German:
Violett-Augen Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Violet Eyed Swimming Crab 
Category:
Granchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Carupa (Genus) > tenuipes (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dana, 1852 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Australia, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles 
Sea depth:
0,5 - 100 Meter 
Size:
1,1 cm 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-25 09:32:41 

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Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852

Portunidae with eyestalks of normal length; carapace broad (transversely elliptical) and convex in both directions. Its a slender-legged swimming crab.

Occasional in shallow water at night. Attains carapace width of 1,1 cm.

Synonymised names:
Carupa laeviuscula Heller, 1862 (junior synonym)

External links

  1. decapoda.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.
  3. Underwaterkwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 09.09.2020.

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