Plagusia squamosa Scaly Rock Crab, Tuberculated Light-foot Crab, Rafting Crab

Plagusia squamosais commonly referred to as Scaly Rock Crab, Tuberculated Light-foot Crab, Rafting 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.

Profile

lexID:

3745 

AphiaID:

395028 

Scientific:

Plagusia squamosa 

German:

Schuppige Felsenkrabbe, Rafting Krabbe 

English:

Scaly Rock Crab, Tuberculated Light-foot Crab, Rafting Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Plagusiidae (Family) > Plagusia (Genus) > squamosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1790 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Australia, Azores, China, Comores, East Africa, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, French Polynesia, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Pakistan, Palau, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tuamoto Islands, USA, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tides. 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3,2 cm 

Temperature:

21,9 °F - 29,3 °F (21,9°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

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:

• 
  Plagusia depressa
  Flachkrabbe
• Plagusia immaculata
• Plagusia integripes
• Plagusia speciosa
• 
  Plagusia squamosa
  Schuppige Felsenkrabbe, Rafting Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-06-08 20:06:31 

Last edit:

2024-01-06 14:07:30 

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