Carpilius corallinus Batwing Coral Crab

Carpilius corallinus is commonly referred to as Batwing Coral Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3603 

AphiaID:

422051 

Scientific:

Carpilius corallinus 

German:

Große Karibik-Krabbe, Fledermaus-Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Batwing Coral Crab 

Category:

Kraby 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Carpiliidae (Family) > Carpilius (Genus) > corallinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1783 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Panama, Saint Lucia, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 5.91" (1cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Snails 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carpilius convexus
  Doppelpunkt-Steinkrabbe, Konvexe-Riffkrabbe
• 
  Carpilius corallinus
  Große Karibik-Krabbe, Fledermaus-Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Carpilius maculatus
  Gepunktete Riff-Krabbe, Sieben-Elf-Krabbe, Blutflecken Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-04-03 18:39:41 

Last edit:

2024-12-02 15:26:26 

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