Planes minutus Gulfweed crab

Planes minutus is commonly referred to as Gulfweed crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7551 

AphiaID:

107462 

Scientific:

Planes minutus 

German:

Columbus-Krabbe 

English:

Gulfweed Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Grapsidae (Family) > Planes (Genus) > minutus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Straße von Gibraltar, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Azores, Balearic Islands, Belize, East Africa, European Coasts, France, India, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Ireland, Israel, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Réunion , Somalia, South Atlantic, South-Africa, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Uruguay, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.59" - 2.36" (1.5cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

cannibalism (preys on conspecifics), Crustaceans, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps 

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:

• Planes major
• Planes marinus
• 
  Planes minutus
  Columbus-Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-09-21 15:21:20 

Last edit:

2024-12-01 23:02:33 

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