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Homola orientalis Oriental Sponge Crab

Homola orientalis is commonly referred to as Oriental Sponge Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Homola orientalis, Japan 2009_0580-02

Place: outer Area, Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-32m, rocky bottom, under rock).Comment: carapace length=3cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
18402 
AphiaID:
209480 
Scientific:
Homola orientalis 
German:
Orientalische Schwammkrabbe 
English:
Oriental Sponge Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Homolidae (Family) > Homola (Genus) > orientalis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Henderson, 1888 
Occurrence:
Corea, East Africa, French Polynesia, Gulf of Aden, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines, Réunion , Tansania 
Marine Zone:
Bathypelagial
The bathypelagial ranges from 1000 to 4000 meters depth.
The pressure in this depth zone is up to approx. 400 bar (4,000 tons per square meter or 400 kg per square centimeter.
There is no light left, only fish and bacteria can produce light in the form of bioluminescence. 
Sea depth:
20 - 650 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
3,0 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carrion, Copepods, Detritus, Invertebrates, omnivore, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-12 14:19:49 

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Homola orientalis Henderson, 1888

Synonymised names
Homola andamanica Alcock, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thelxiope orientalis (Henderson, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. GBIF (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
  2. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
  3. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
  4. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.

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