Thalamita spinifera Swimming Crab

Thalamita spinifera is commonly referred to as Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Thalamita spinifera, Japan 2025_0401-02

Place: Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-10m, sandy bottom).Comment: carapace width=1.2cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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AphiaID:: 208847

Scientific:: Thalamita spinifera
German:: Schwimmkrabbe
English:: Swimming Crab

Category:: Granchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Thalamita (Genus) > spinifera (Species)
Initial determination:: Borradaile, 1902

Occurrence:: Comores, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Pazific, Wallis and Futuna
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:: 10 - 400 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1,2 cm
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown