Chirostylus dolichopus Deep Sea Squat Lobster

Chirostylus dolichopus is commonly referred to as Deep Sea Squat Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5633 

AphiaID:

391985 

Scientific:

Chirostylus dolichopus 

German:

Tiefsee Springkrebs 

English:

Deep Sea Squat Lobster 

Category:

Spring crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Chirostylidae (Family) > Chirostylus (Genus) > dolichopus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Ortmann, 1892 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Somalia, Tansania, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

35 - 238 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

14,1 °F - 27,6 °F (14,1°C - 27,6°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Chirostylus dolichopus
  Tiefsee Springkrebs
• 
  Chirostylus ortmanni
  Ortmanns Springkrebs
• 
  Chirostylus sandyi
  Spider Springkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-06-15 16:44:19 

Last edit:

2024-06-25 19:29:28 

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