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Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Coral Gall Crab

Hapalocarcinus marsupialisis commonly referred to as Coral Gall Crab. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Hapalocarcinus-marsupialis-in-Pocillopora-k02-140922, 6mm Kwajalein


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lexID:
15379 
AphiaID:
211149 
Scientific:
Hapalocarcinus marsupialis 
German:
Korallen-Gallkrabbe 
English:
Coral Gall Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cryptochiridae (Family) > Hapalocarcinus (Genus) > marsupialis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Stimpson, 1859 
Occurrence:
Central America (Western Atlantic), French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Red Sea, Réunion , South America, South-Africa, South-Pazific, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), Vietnam 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0,5 - 35 Meter 
Size:
0,6 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Mucus, Zooplankton 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-11-23 19:39:28 

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Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859

Color can be pale yellow to a dark brown.

Host/prey of Cabirnalia nausicaa Boyko & van der Meij, 2018 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult
Host/prey of Danalia hapalocarcini Fize, 1955 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult
Host/prey of Danalia vesica Boyko & van der Meij, 2018 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Life stage: adult

Scientific paper

  1. Aspects of the Growth and Reproduction of the Coral Gall Crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis, Mohammed M. A. Kotb and Richard G. Hartnoll, 2002
  2. ASPECTS OF THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF THE CORAL GALL CRAB HAPALOCARCINUS MARSUPIALIS, Kotb, Mohammed M. A.; Hartnoll, Richard G. , 2002
  3. Early Larval Stages of the Indo-Pacific Coral Gall-Forming Crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) Cultured in the Laboratory, Robert H. Gore, Liberta E. Scotto and John K. Reed, 1983

External links

  1. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 23.11.2022.

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Commonly

Hapalocarcinus-marsupialis-JL-1, 6mm,Kwajalein
Hapalocarcinus-marsupialis-in-Pocillopora-k02-140922, 6mm Kwajalein

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