Tetralobistes weddellii Hermit Crab

Tetralobistes weddellii is commonly referred to as 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:

15722 

AphiaID:

720134 

Scientific:

Tetralobistes weddellii 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Tetralobistes (Genus) > weddellii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(H. Milne Edwards, ), 1848 

Occurrence:

Chile, Peru 

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:

5 - 18 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,3cm - 2,2cm) 

Temperature:

53.6 °F - 68 °F (12°C - 20°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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tetralobistes weddellii
  Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2023-05-05 14:42:21 

Last edit:

2023-05-05 14:56:04 

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