Pseudopaguristes monoporus Monoporus Hermit Crab

Pseudopaguristes monoporus is commonly referred to as Monoporus 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:

17275 

AphiaID:

368358 

Scientific:

Pseudopaguristes monoporus 

German:

Monoporus Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Monoporus Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Pseudopaguristes (Genus) > monoporus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Morgan, ), 1987 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Lombok, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Thailand 

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 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Landward facing reefs, Muddy grounds, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Reef-associated, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,15cm - 0,28cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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:

• 
  Pseudopaguristes kuekenthali
  Oranger Einsiedlerkrebs, Kueckenthals Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pseudopaguristes monoporus
  Monoporus Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pseudopaguristes shidarai
  Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-03-01 13:21:48 

Last edit:

2025-10-29 20:36:06 

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