Hyastenus hilgendorfi Spider Crab, Decorator Crab

Hyastenus hilgendorfi is commonly referred to as Spider Crab, Decorator 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.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Crab - Hyastenus hilgendorfi 20mm ,A small spider crab may have recently molted, revealing a very clean carapaces,Bali 2015

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AphiaID:: 107324

Scientific:: Hyastenus hilgendorfi
German:: Spinnenkrabbe, Dekorateurkrabbe
English:: Spider Crab, Decorator Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Hyastenus (Genus) > hilgendorfi (Species)
Initial determination:: de Man, [in de Man, -1888], 1887

Occurrence:: Suez-Kanal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, East Africa, European Coasts, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Lessepsian migrant, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Northeast Atlantic, Philippines, Red Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulu Sea , Thailand, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 3 - 108 Meter
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°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:

Hyastenus ambonensis
Hyastenus aries
Hyastenus auctus
Hyastenus biformis
Hyastenus bispinosus
Kleine Dekorator-Spinnenkrabbe
Hyastenus borradailei
Weißes V Hydrozoa Spinnenkrabbe, Borradailes Spinnenkrabbe
Hyastenus brachychirus
Hyastenus brevicornis
Hyastenus brockii
Hyastenus campbelli
Hyastenus consobrinus
Hyastenus convexus
Hyastenus cornigerus
Hyastenus cracentis
Hyastenus diacanthus
Hyastenus elatus
Schwamm-Dekorateurkrabbe
Hyastenus elongatus
Spinnenkrabbe, Dekorateur Krabbe
Hyastenus espinosus
Hyastenus fracterculus
Hyastenus gracilimanus
Hyastenus hectori
Hyastenus hendersoni
Hyastenus hilgendorfi
Spinnenkrabbe, Dekorateurkrabbe
Hyastenus inermis
Hyastenus kyusyuensis
Hyastenus mindoro
Hyastenus minutus
Hyastenus planasius
Hyastenus pleione
Hyastenus scrobiculatus
Hyastenus sebae
Hyastenus sinope
Hyastenus spinosus
Hyastenus subinermis
Hyastenus ternatensis
Hyastenus truncatipes
Hyastenus uncifer
Spinnenkrabbe
Hyastenus whitei

More related species in this lexicon:

Hyastenus tabolongi
Tabalong Krabbe, Maxi-Krabbe, Schokoladen Dekorateurkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-09-18 16:18:56
Last edit:: 2021-09-18 16:25:30

Info

Hyastenus hilgendorfi de Man, 1887 [in de Man, 1887-1888]

Hyastenus hilgendorfi has a roughly pear-shaped carapace which is convex and bearing small tubercles and a downy coat. There are two divergent rostral spines, which have a length of two-thirds of the carapace in males but are much smaller in females. This spider or decorator crab is found on seabeds of coarse sand, debris and gravel.

External links

Marine Species Indentification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 18.09.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2021.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 18.09.2021.

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Crab - Hyastenus hilgendorfi 20mm ,A small spider crab may have recently molted, revealing a very clean carapaces,Bali 2015

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