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Phyllamphion elegans Indo-Pacific Fury Lobster, Mole Lobster

Phyllamphion elegans is commonly referred to as Indo-Pacific Fury Lobster, Mole Lobster. 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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Phyllamphion elegans, Kwajalein 2023


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lexID:
15512 
AphiaID:
1611043 
Scientific:
Phyllamphion elegans 
German:
Indopazifische Pelzlanguste 
English:
Indo-Pacific Fury Lobster, Mole Lobster 
Category:
Homary rafowe 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palinuridae (Family) > Phyllamphion (Genus) > elegans (Species) 
Initial determination:
Reinhardt, 1849 
Occurrence:
Arabian Sea, Borneo (Kalimantan), Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Yemen 
Sea depth:
9 - 27 Meter 
Size:
2.76" - 7.87" (7cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
76.46 °F - 29,3 °F (24.7°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-22 13:56:18 

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Phyllamphion elegans Reinhardt, 1849

Indo-Pacific Fury Lobster is sometimes called the mole lobster due to its small eyes and secretive habits, living well back in ledges and caves. They are generally only glimpsed in those caves at night.

Color red or orange,; body covered by short bristles.

Synonymised names:
Araeosternus wieneckii De Man, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palinurellus gundlachi wieneckii (De Man, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Palinurellus wieneckii (De Man, 1881) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2023.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2023.

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