Anapagurus chiroacanthus Hermit Crab

Anapagurus chiroacanthus is commonly referred to as Hermit 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.

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lexID:

17028 

AphiaID:

107215 

Scientific:

Anapagurus chiroacanthus 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Hermit Crab 

Category:

Paguri 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Anapagurus (Genus) > chiroacanthus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Liljeborg, ), 1856 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, European Coasts, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Ireland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Scotland, Skagerrak (North Sea), Spain, Sweden, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

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:

1 - 140 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,12cm - 0,75cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Anapagurus chiroacanthys
• Anapagurus levis

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Anapagurus chiroacanthus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Anapagurus hendersoni
  Hendersons Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Anapagurus hyndmanni
  Hyndmans Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Anapagurus japonicus
  Japan Anapagurus
• 
  Anapagurus laevis
  Gelber Einsiedlerkrebs, Glattscheren Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Anapagurus pusillus
  Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-12-03 13:17:30 

Last edit:

2024-12-03 13:37:59 

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