Menaethius monoceros One-horned spider crab

Menaethius monocerosis commonly referred to as One-horned spider 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:

13431 

AphiaID:

208908 

Scientific:

Menaethius monoceros 

German:

Einhorn-Spinnenkrabbe 

English:

One-horned Spider Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Menaethius (Genus) > monoceros (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Latreille, ), 1825 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Hong Kong, Suez-Kanal, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, (the) Maldives, Ambon, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Banda Sea, Ceram Sea , China, Cook Islands, Corea, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Greece, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Israel, Japan, Java, Lebanon, Lessepsian migrant, Line Islands, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Norfolk Island, Northern Territory (Australia), Okinawa, Pakistan, Palau, Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Savu Sea, South-Africa, Sulu Sea , Sumatra, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Timor Sea, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Turkey, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

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:

0 - 33 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5.91" - 7.48" (15cm - 19,5cm) 

Temperature:

23,6 °F - 29,3 °F (23,6°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carrion, Clams, Copepods, Fish (little fishes), Foraminifers, omnivore, Sea urchins, Sepia, Snails, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos, 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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Menaethius monoceros
  Einhorn-Spinnenkrabbe
• 
  Menaethius orientalis
  Rote Spinnenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-12 18:04:42 

Last edit:

2024-03-27 19:54:17 

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