Iridopagurus reticulatus Reticulated Hermit Crab

Iridopagurus reticulatusis commonly referred to as Reticulated Hermit 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:

12208 

AphiaID:

366484 

Scientific:

Iridopagurus reticulatus 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Reticulated Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Iridopagurus (Genus) > reticulatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

García-Gómez, 1983 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Bermuda, Columbia, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

1 - 38 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus, No reliable information available 

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:

• Iridopagurus caribbensis
• Iridopagurus dispar
• Iridopagurus globulus
• Iridopagurus iris
• 
  Iridopagurus reticulatus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• Iridopagurus violaceus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-07-09 17:14:46 

Last edit:

2019-07-09 17:30:06 

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