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Macropodia falcifera Cape Long-legged Spider Crab

Macropodia falcifera is commonly referred to as Cape Long-legged Spider 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.


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lexID:
18385 
AphiaID:
246527 
Scientific:
Macropodia falcifera 
German:
Kap Langbein-Spinnenkrabbe 
English:
Cape Long-legged Spider Crab 
Category:
Kraby 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Inachidae (Family) > Macropodia (Genus) > falcifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Stimpson, ), 1857 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
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:
15 - 35 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 2.36" (2,0cm - 6,0cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, Invertebrates, omnivore, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
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
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-05-31 16:08:07 

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Macropodia falcifera (Stimpson, 1857)

The Cape long-legged spider crab is a species of marine crab found around the South African coast. It is a member of the family Inachidae.

Synonymised names
Stenorynchus falcifer Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. tb.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 31.05.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.05.2026.

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