Menaethius orientalis Red Spider Crab

Menaethius orientalis is commonly referred to as Red 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.

Profile

lexID:

13856 

AphiaID:

441473 

Scientific:

Menaethius orientalis 

German:

Rote Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Red Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Menaethius (Genus) > orientalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Sakai, ), 1969 

Occurrence:

Australia, Christmas Islands, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moluccas, Mozambique, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , South-Pazific, Sulu Sea , Tasmania (Australia), The Ryukyu Islands, Timor Sea 

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:

0 - 22 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils 

Size:

0,9 cm 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 29,3 °F (24,6°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:

• 
  Menaethius monoceros
  Einhorn-Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Menaethius orientalis
  Rote Spinnenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-05-10 20:21:30 

Last edit:

2024-04-01 12:54:28 

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