Tetralia cavimana Reef Crab

Tetralia cavimanais commonly referred to as Reef Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3704 

AphiaID:

443856 

Scientific:

Tetralia cavimana 

German:

Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Reef Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Tetraliidae (Family) > Tetralia (Genus) > cavimana (Species) 

Initial determination:

Heller, 1861 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Arafura Sea, Australia, Bali, Chesterfield Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moorea, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Sumatra, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tulamben, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 348 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Tetralia aurantistellata
• Tetralia brengelae
• Tetralia brunalineata
• 
  Tetralia cavimana
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia cinctipes
  Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Tetralia glaberrima
  Acropora Korallenkrabbe
• Tetralia muta
• 
  Tetralia nigrolineata
  Akropora Krabbe, Korallenkrabbe
• Tetralia ocucaerulea
• 
  Tetralia rubridactyla
  Korallenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-14 13:34:54 

Last edit:

2017-11-19 15:38:28 

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