Nematopagurus gardineri Hermit crab

Nematopagurus gardineriis commonly referred to as Hermit 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.

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lexID:

12005 

AphiaID:

246534 

Scientific:

Nematopagurus gardineri 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Nematopagurus (Genus) > gardineri (Species) 

Initial determination:

Alcock, 1905 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, China, Japan, New Caledonia, South China Sea, South-Africa, South-Pazific, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

7 - 84 Meter 

Size:

9,0 cm 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Nematopagurus kosiensis
• Nematopagurus spinulosensoris

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nematopagurus gardineri
  Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-03-07 13:33:39 

Last edit:

2019-03-09 16:08:49 

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