Xenocarcinus conicus Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian Crab

Xenocarcinus conicus is commonly referred to as Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian 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:

2566 

AphiaID:

441504 

Scientific:

Xenocarcinus conicus 

German:

Gorgonien-Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

Conical Crab, Xeno Crab, Gorgonian Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Xenocarcinus (Genus) > conicus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. Milne-Edwards, ), 1865 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Ogasawara Islands, Philippines, Réunion , Sulawesi, Taiwan, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

13 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°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:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Xenocarcinus conicus
  Gorgonien-Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Xenocarcinus depressus
  Spinnenkrabbe Krabbe
• Xenocarcinus longicornis
• Xenocarcinus monoceros
• Xenocarcinus truncatifrons

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
  Drahtkorallen-Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-16 09:45:00 

Last edit:

2022-10-31 08:20:58 

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