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Calvactaea tumida Swollen Soft Coral Crab

Calvactaea tumida is commonly referred to as Swollen Soft Coral 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.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Calvactaea tumida, Tulamben, Bali

Calvactaea tumida was on Dendronephthya soft coral at night at Tulamben.
Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
17383 
AphiaID:
444351 
Scientific:
Calvactaea tumida 
German:
Weichkorallenkrabbe 
English:
Swollen Soft Coral Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Xanthidae (Family) > Calvactaea (Genus) > tumida (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ward, 1933 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bali, China, Corea, Japan, New South Wales (Australia), Queensland (Australia), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tulamben 
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:
7 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,0cm - 3,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, 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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-04-20 20:56:52 

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Calvactaea tumida Ward, 1933

Calvactaea tumida is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Calvactaea. Calvactaea tumida associate with Dendronephthya sp. soft corals.

Synonymised names
Atergatopsis globosa Balss, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 19.04.2025.
  2. Catalogue of Crustacean Type Specimens in the Australian Museum: Malacostraca (en). Abgerufen am 20.04.2025.
  3. crabdatabase (en). Abgerufen am 19.04.2025.
  4. Crabs of Japan (en). Abgerufen am 19.04.2025.
  5. New Report of Two Xanthid Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Korea (en). Abgerufen am 20.04.2025.
  6. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 19.04.2025.

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Calvactaea tumida, Tulamben, Bali 2021
Calvactaea tumida, Tulamben, Bali
Calvactaea tumida,Japan 2018_1438-02

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