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.

Profile

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:

• 
  Clibanarius antillensis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• Clibanarius cubensis
• 
  Clibanarius tricolor
  Dreifarben-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius vittatus
  Dünnlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs
• Clibanarius zebra

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Clibanarius aequabilis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius ambonensis
  Ambon-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius arethusa
  Arethusa Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius corallinus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius cruentatus
  Gold-gepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius digueti
  Rotbein-Einsiedler / Mexikanischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius englaucus
  Weißpunkt-Augen Clibanarius
• 
  Clibanarius erythropus
  Mittelmeer Felsküsteneinsiedlerkrebs, St Pirans Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius eurysternus
  Schwarz-Gestreifter Clibanarius
• 
  Clibanarius humilis
  Kleiner Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius infraspinatus
  Stacheliger Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius longitarsus
  Blau-Gestreifter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius padavensis
  Padava Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius rutilus
  Orangeroter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius senegalensis
  Senegal Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius signatus
  Tropischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius striolatus
  Danas Einsiedlerkrebs, Gestreifter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius symmetricus
  Symmetrischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius taeniatus
  Gestreifte-Beine Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius virescens
  Weißfuß-Küsteneinsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-05-21 14:02:04 

Last edit:

2026-05-21 14:15:22 

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