Harrovia elegans Elegant Crinoid Crab

Harrovia elegans is commonly referred to as Elegant Crinoid Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7168 

AphiaID:

442379 

Scientific:

Harrovia elegans 

German:

Elegante Federsternkrabbe 

English:

Elegant Crinoid Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Harrovia (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

de Man, 1887 

Occurrence:

Gulf of Mannar , India, Indo Pacific, South China Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

7 - 132 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.98" (2.5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Commensalism, No reliable information available 

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:

• Harrovia albolineata
• Harrovia cognata
• 
  Harrovia elegans
  Elegante Federsternkrabbe
• Harrovia japonica
• Harrovia longipes
• Harrovia ngi
• Harrovia tuberculata

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-19 09:38:10 

Last edit:

2025-10-06 12:20:10 

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