Glebocarcinus amphioetus Bigtooth Rock Crab

Glebocarcinus amphioetusis commonly referred to as Bigtooth Rock Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6821 

AphiaID:

440383 

Scientific:

Glebocarcinus amphioetus 

German:

Taschenkrebs 

English:

Bigtooth Rock Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cancridae (Family) > Glebocarcinus (Genus) > amphioetus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rathbun, ), 1898 

Occurrence:

China, Corea, Gulf of California, Japan, New Zealand 

Sea depth:

1 - 148 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

0.79" - 7.87" (2cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Algae, Carrion, Detritus, omnivore 

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:

• 
  Glebocarcinus amphioetus
  Taschenkrebs
• 
  Glebocarcinus oregonensis
  Zwerg-Felsenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-01 09:08:03 

Last edit:

2023-09-06 19:53:39 

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