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Coleusia signata Pebble Crab

Coleusia signatais commonly referred to as Pebble Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Kugelkrabbe Coleusia signata (Lessepssche Migration aus dem Roten Meer),Aufgenommen in Kaş (Türkei) 09_2009_(c) BioTaucher




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lexID:
13440 
AphiaID:
394879 
Scientific:
Coleusia signata 
German:
Kugelkrabbe 
English:
Pebble Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Leucosiidae (Family) > Coleusia (Genus) > signata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Paulson, ), 1875 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, European Coasts, Indian Ocean, Israel, Lessepsian migrant, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madagascar, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, South-Pazific, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Sea depth:
0 - 25 Meter 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-16 20:09:19 

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Coleusia signata (Paulson, 1875)

Coleusia signata is a species of crab from the family Leucosiidae which is found in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean and which has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.

Subtidal to a depth of 25 m. Inhabits muddy and sandy gravel bottoms.

Synonymised names:
Leucosia fuscomaculata Miers, 1877 (junior synonym)
Leucosia signata Paulson, 1875

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  1. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 16.12.2020.

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Kugelkrabbe Coleusia signata (Lessepssche Migration aus dem Roten Meer),Aufgenommen in Kaş (Türkei) 09_2009_(c) BioTaucher

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