Tylocarcinus styx Underworld spider crab

Tylocarcinus styx is commonly referred to as Underworld spider 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:

3561 

AphiaID:

207605 

Scientific:

Tylocarcinus styx 

German:

Unterwelt-Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Underworld Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Tylocarcinus (Genus) > styx (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1803 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo (Kalimantan), French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

0 - 17 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus 

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:

• Tylocarcinus dumerilii
• Tylocarcinus meijensis
• Tylocarcinus nanshensis
• Tylocarcinus sinensis
• 
  Tylocarcinus styx
  Unterwelt-Spinnenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-18 12:33:09 

Last edit:

2021-03-01 20:36:38 

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