Petrolisthes caribensis Carribean Porcellain Crab

Petrolisthes caribensis is commonly referred to as Carribean Porcellain Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5102 

AphiaID:

421874 

Scientific:

Petrolisthes caribensis 

German:

Karibik Porzellankrebs 

English:

Carribean Porcellain Crab 

Category:

Anomura 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > caribensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Werding, 1983 

Occurrence:

Belize, Columbia, Gulf of Mexico 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Dustfood , omnivore 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Petrolisthes amoenus
• 
  Petrolisthes armatus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes cabrilloi
  Cabrillo Porzellankrebse
• Petrolisthes cessacii
• 
  Petrolisthes cinctipes
  Flacher Porzellankrebs
• Petrolisthes coccineus
• 
  Petrolisthes eriomerus
  Flattop Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes galathinus
  Gebänderter Porzellankrebs
• Petrolisthes jugosus
• 
  Petrolisthes manimaculis
  Schokoladen Porzellan-Krebs
• Petrolisthes politus
• Petrolisthes rathbunae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Petrolisthes aegyptiacus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes bolivarensis
  Bolivien-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes caribensis
  Karibik Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes coeruleus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes desmarestii
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes edwardsii
  Edwards Porzellankrebs, Blauer Porzellankrebs, Violetter Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes elongatus
  Blauer Porzellankrebs, Neuseeland Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes fimbriatus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes japonicus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes lamarckii
  Lamarck's Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes militaris
  Soldaten-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes monodi
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes novaezelandiae
  Roter Neuseeland-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes paulayi
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes pubescens
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes rosariensis
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes sp. Ost-Atlantik
  Ostatlantik-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes tomentosus
  Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-02-15 08:19:12 

Last edit:

2013-02-15 08:19:12 

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