Cycloachelous granulatus Granulated Swimming Crab

Cycloachelous granulatus is commonly referred to as Granulated Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16605 

AphiaID:

557899 

Scientific:

Cycloachelous granulatus 

German:

Granulierte Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Granulated Swimming Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Cycloachelous (Genus) > granulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(H. Milne Edwards, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Comores, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melanesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, Tansania, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 120 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Water column 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

24,3 °F - 29,1 °F (24,3°C - 29,1°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cycloachelous elongatus
• 
  Cycloachelous granulatus
  Granulierte Schwimmkrabbe
• Cycloachelous octodentatus
• Cycloachelous orbicularis
• Cycloachelous orbitosinus
• Cycloachelous suborbicularis

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cycloachelous levigatus
  Glatte Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-07-10 19:43:54 

Last edit:

2024-12-03 20:53:59 

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