Robert Fernández
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Stenorhynchus lanceolatus (Brullé, 1837 [in Brullé, 1837-1839])
Information on the related species: eats dry food, food tablets and all types of frozen food. Information about the tank: no special features, sometimes pecks at lower animals, but can then be easily caught.
Information on social behavior: Can be kept singly or as a pair. Information on susceptibility to disease: robust crab, can sometimes have difficulty moulting.
Note: The Atlantic spider crab Stenorhynchus lanceolatus often lives on the coasts of the Canary Islands and Madeira in the company of long-spined sea urchins.
Stenorhynchus species eat bristle worms, as many keepers have already discovered with other species.
There is a possibility of confusion with:
The Caribbean spider crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) lives in the Caribbean, near the Bahamas and along the coast of Brazil.
Stenorhynchus debilis lives in the Gulf of California.
Synonymised names:
Leptopodia Canariensis Brullé, 1839 [in Brullé, 1837-1839] (junior synonym)
Leptopodia lanceolata Brullé, 1837 [in Brullé, 1837-1839] (basionym)
Leptopodia vittata Kingsley, 1880 (unavailable name, published in synonymy)
Pactolus boscii Leach, 1815 (junior synonym)
Information on the related species: eats dry food, food tablets and all types of frozen food. Information about the tank: no special features, sometimes pecks at lower animals, but can then be easily caught.
Information on social behavior: Can be kept singly or as a pair. Information on susceptibility to disease: robust crab, can sometimes have difficulty moulting.
Note: The Atlantic spider crab Stenorhynchus lanceolatus often lives on the coasts of the Canary Islands and Madeira in the company of long-spined sea urchins.
Stenorhynchus species eat bristle worms, as many keepers have already discovered with other species.
There is a possibility of confusion with:
The Caribbean spider crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) lives in the Caribbean, near the Bahamas and along the coast of Brazil.
Stenorhynchus debilis lives in the Gulf of California.
Synonymised names:
Leptopodia Canariensis Brullé, 1839 [in Brullé, 1837-1839] (junior synonym)
Leptopodia lanceolata Brullé, 1837 [in Brullé, 1837-1839] (basionym)
Leptopodia vittata Kingsley, 1880 (unavailable name, published in synonymy)
Pactolus boscii Leach, 1815 (junior synonym)
