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.

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:

Homola barbata
Homola coriolisi
Homola dickinsoni
Homola eldredgei
Homola ikedai
Homola mieensis
Homola minima
Homola orientalis
Orientalische Schwammkrabbe
Homola poupini
Homola ranunculus
Homola vigil

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-06-12 14:06:09
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 superseded combination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

GBIF (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.

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