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Quadrella boopsis Tubastrea Coral Crab, Hairy Coral Crab

Quadrella boopsis is commonly referred to as Tubastrea Coral Crab, Hairy Coral Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Quadrella boopsis, Japan 2001_0378-01

Place: Outer side of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-25m, sandy/rocky bottom, symbiotic on Dendrophyllia sp.).Comment: carapace width=1.0cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
15483 
AphiaID:
210307 
Scientific:
Quadrella boopsis 
German:
Tubastrea-Korallenkrabbe, Haarige Korallenkrabbe 
English:
Tubastrea Coral Crab, Hairy Coral Crab 
Category:
Granchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Quadrella (Genus) > boopsis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Alcock, 1898 
Occurrence:
French Polynesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Mozambique, Philippines, Taiwan 
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:
20 - 112 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,5 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
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:
2026-02-28 20:29:27 

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Quadrella boopsis Alcock, 1898

The Hairy Coral Crab can be found on the sun coral, Tubastraea micrantha.

Synonymised names:
Quadrella bispinosa Borradaile, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 02.01.2023.

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Quadrella boopsis, Japan 2001_0378-01

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Hairy Coral Crab, Quadrella boopsis,Romblon 2022

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