Lophopanopeus bellus Blackclaw Crestleg Crab

Lophopanopeus bellus wird umgangssprachlich oft als Krabbe bezeichnet.

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lexID:

10610 

Scientific:

Lophopanopeus bellus 

German:

Krabbe 

English:

Blackclaw Crestleg Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Panopeidae (Family) > Lophopanopeus (Genus) > bellus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Stimpson, 1860) 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Trinidad and Tobago, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Algae, Barnacles, Carrion, Clams, Crustaceans, omnivore, Snails 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

non-toxic 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lophopanopeus bellus
  Krabbe
• Lophopanopeus diegensis
• Lophopanopeus frontalis
• Lophopanopeus heathii
• Lophopanopeus leucomanus
• Lophopanopeus lobipes
• Lophopanopeus lockingtoni
• Lophopanopeus maculatus
• Lophopanopeus somaterianus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lophopanopeus sp.
  Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-04-08 10:34:37 

Last edit:

2017-04-08 14:29:19 

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Lophopanopeus bellus (Stimpson, 1860)

Lophopanopeus bellus is onmivorous, and feeds on algae, small mollusks, and barnacles.
Habitat: Under rocks, especially on gravel, both in protected waters and on the open coast.

Synonyme:
Xantho bellus Stimpson, 1860
Xantho hemphilliana Lockington, 1877 (incorrect spelling)
Xanthodes hemphillii Lockington, 1877

Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Unreviewed: Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Xanthoidea (Superfamily) > Panopeidae (Family) > Lophopanopeus (Genus) > Lophopanopeus bellus (Species)

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