Latreillia valida candycane arrow crab, banded arrow crab

Latreillia validais commonly referred to as candycane arrow crab, banded arrow 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.

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lexID:

11011 

AphiaID:

440219 

Scientific:

Latreillia valida 

German:

Gespenster-Pfeilkrabbe 

English:

Candycane Arrow Crab, Banded Arrow Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Latreilliidae (Family) > Latreillia (Genus) > valida (Species) 

Initial determination:

De Haan, 1839 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South-Africa, Tonga, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

25 Meter 

Size:

15,5 cm 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 80.6 °F (8°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Latreillia elegans
• Latreillia metanesa
• Latreillia pennifera
• 
  Latreillia valida
  Gespenster-Pfeilkrabbe
• Latreillia williamsi

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-28 19:46:48 

Last edit:

2017-08-28 19:58:24 

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