Liocarcinus holsatus Swimming Crab,Flying Crab

Liocarcinus holsatusis commonly referred to as Swimming Crab,Flying Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 8418
AphiaID:: 107388

Scientific:: Liocarcinus holsatus
German:: Gemeine Schwimmkrabbe
English:: Swimming Crab,Flying Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Polybiidae (Family) > Liocarcinus (Genus) > holsatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Fabricius, ), 1798

Occurrence:: the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Danmark, English Channel, European Coasts, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Kattegat, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Skagerrak, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 0 - 500 Meter
Habitats:: Estuaries (river mouths)
Size:: up to 1.57" (4 cm)
Temperature:: 44.6 °F - 68 °F (7°C - 20°C)
Food:: Algae, Barnacles, Carrion, Clam meat, Clams, Fish (little fishes), Schrimps, Starfishs, Worms, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Liocarcinus bolivari
Liocarcinus corrugatus
Rote Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus depurator
Sand-Schwimmkrabbe, Hafen-Schwimmkrabbe, Blaubein-Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus holsatus
Gemeine Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus maculatus
Liocarcinus marmoreus
marmorierte Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus navigator
Gewimperete Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus pusillus
Liocarcinus rondeletii
Liocarcinus subcorrugatus
Liocarcinus vernalis
Ovale Schwimmkrabbe, Glatte Schwimmkrabbe
Liocarcinus zariquieyi
Schwimmkrabbe, Ruderkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-05-20 20:16:14
Last edit:: 2022-06-21 21:44:50

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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)

The body is greenish-grey and grows up to 4 cm in lenght.

This swimming crab feeds on Polychaeten and Annelida worms,brittle stars, fishes,shrimps and other animals.

Similar is Liocarcinus depurator.

Synonyms:
Macropipus holsatus
Polybius (Polybius) holsatus
Portunus holsatus
Portunus lividus

Scientific paper

Comparative locomotor activity patterns in the portunid crabs Liocarcinus holsatus and L. depurator, Abelló, P.; Reid, D. G.; Naylor, E. , 1991
Embryonic and larval biology of Liocarcinus holsatus and Necora puber (Crustacea: brachyura: portunidae), Satish C. Choy, 1991
Priapion fraissei (Isopoda: Entoniscidae) infections in Liocarcinus holsatus (Crustacea: Portunidae) from the British Isles, Satish Choy, 1986

External links

A Revision of the Genus "Portunu8" (A. Milne-Edwards, Bell, etc.). (en). Abgerufen am 21.06.2022.
Distribution of Liocarcinus depurator along the western Mediterranean Coast (en). Abgerufen am 21.06.2022.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
istribution, movements and diet of macrocrustaceans on a Scottish sandy beach with particular reference to predation on juvenile fishes (en). Abgerufen am 21.06.2022.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Natural diet and feeding habits of the crabs Liocarcinus puber and L. holsatus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) (en). Abgerufen am 21.06.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Mating

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Holland

Commonly

Liocarcinus holsatus, Nordsee 2015, Copyright Muelly

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