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.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Macropodia falcifera,batsata maze false bay 2026 (CC BY-SA)

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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:

Macropodia cirripilus
Macropodia czernjawskii
Macropodia deflexa
Macropodia doracis
Macropodia dubaleni
Macropodia falcifera
Kap Langbein-Spinnenkrabbe
Macropodia fechtneri
Macropodia formosa
Macropodia gilsoni
Macropodia hesperiae
Macropodia intermedia
Macropodia linaresi
Macropodia longicornis
Macropodia longipes
Macropodia longirostris
Gespensterkrabbe, Seespinne
Macropodia macrocheles
Macropodia parva
Macropodia rostrata
Gespensterkrabbe
Macropodia spinulosa
Macropodia straeleni
Macropodia tenuirostris
Macropodia trigonus
Macropodia urceolata

More related species in this lexicon:

Macropodia sp.
Gespenstkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-05-31 15:55:04
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

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

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Commonly

Macropodia falcifera,atlantis reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2025 (CC BY-SA)

Macropodia falcifera,steenbras Deep 2022 (CC BY-SA)

Macropodia falcifera,sherwood forest false bay 2018 (CC BY-SA)

Macropodia falcifera,outer photographers Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2019(CC BY-SA)

Macropodia falcifera,batsata maze false bay 2026 (CC BY-SA)

Macropodia falcifera,photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2026 (CC BY-SA)

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