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Clibanarius infraspinatus Hermit Crab

Clibanarius infraspinatus 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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Clibanarius infraspinatus,3RPG+RHM, Daulat Nagar, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400049, India 2025 (CC BY)


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lexID:
18364 
AphiaID:
208690 
Scientific:
Clibanarius infraspinatus 
German:
Stacheliger Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Hermit Crab 
Category:
Paguri 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Clibanarius (Genus) > infraspinatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hilgendorf, ), 1869 
Occurrence:
Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Japan 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,2 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carrion, Invertebrates, No reliable information available, omnivore 
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
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-05-21 14:15:22 

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Clibanarius infraspinatus (Hilgendorf, 1869)

Synonymised names
Pagurus (Clibanarius) infraspinatus Hilgendorf, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 21.05.2026.

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