Neopetrolisthes spinatus Spiny Porcelain Crab

Neopetrolisthes spinatus is commonly referred to as Spiny Porcelain 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.

Profile

lexID:

7401 

AphiaID:

410113 

Scientific:

Neopetrolisthes spinatus 

German:

Stacheliger Porzellankrebs 

English:

Spiny Porcelain Crab 

Category:

Anomura 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Neopetrolisthes (Genus) > spinatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Osawa & Fujita, 2001 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Okinawa, Queensland (Australia), South Australia, Taiwan 

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:

5 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

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:

• 
  Neopetrolisthes spinatus
  Stacheliger Porzellankrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Neopetrolisthes alobatus
  Gelber Anemonen-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Neopetrolisthes maculatus
  Fleckentupfen-Porzellankrebs, Anemonen-Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-27 13:31:13 

Last edit:

2025-03-30 19:54:58 

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