Pylopaguropsis keijii Broadhand Coral Hermit Crab, Keiji's Hermit Crab

Pylopaguropsis keijii is commonly referred to as Broadhand Coral Hermit Crab, Keiji's 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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lexID:

12567 

AphiaID:

366922 

Scientific:

Pylopaguropsis keijii 

German:

Breithand Korallen Einsiedler, Keijis Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Broadhand Coral Hermit Crab, Keiji's Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pylopaguropsis (Genus) > keijii (Species) 

Initial determination:

McLaughlin & Haig, 1989 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Red Sea, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Lagoons, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,03cm - 0,5cm) 

Temperature:

24,5 °F - 29,3 °F (24,5°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

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:

• Pylopaguropsis atlantica
• 
  Pylopaguropsis keijii
  Breithand Korallen Einsiedler, Keijis Einsiedlerkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pylopaguropsis fimbriata
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis lemaitrei
  Lemaitres Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis lewinsohni
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis sp.01
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis sp.02
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis speciosa
  Roter Löffel-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pylopaguropsis zebra
  Zebra-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-11-17 20:27:26 

Last edit:

2024-01-24 20:24:49 

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