Tetralia ocucaerulea Zorro Crab

Tetralia ocucaerulea is commonly referred to as Zorro 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:

17718 

AphiaID:

443860 

Scientific:

Tetralia ocucaerulea 

German:

Zorro Krabbe, Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Zorro Crab 

Category:

Granchi 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Tetraliidae (Family) > Tetralia (Genus) > ocucaerulea (Species) 

Initial determination:

Trautwein, 2007 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, South-Pazific 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Temperature:

25,3 °F - 29,4 °F (25,3°C - 29,4°C) 

Food:

Commensalism, 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:

• Tetralia aurantistellata
• Tetralia brengelae
• Tetralia brunalineata
• 
  Tetralia cavimana
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia cinctipes
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia glaberrima
  Acropora Korallenkrabbe
• Tetralia muta
• 
  Tetralia nigrolineata
  Akropora Krabbe, Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia ocucaerulea
  Zorro Krabbe, Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia rubridactyla
  Korallenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-09-10 17:59:57 

Last edit:

2025-09-10 18:23:21 

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