Thranita spinimana spiny claw swimming crab

Thranita spinimana is commonly referred to as spiny claw swimming crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2581 

AphiaID:

1467086 

Scientific:

Thranita spinimana 

German:

Rote Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Spiny Claw Swimming Crab 

Category:

Kraby 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Thranita (Genus) > spinimana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand 

Sea depth:

0 - 6 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.97" - 4.72" (5cm - 12cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Thranita coeruleipes
  Azurblaue Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Thranita pelsarti
  Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Thranita prymna
  Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Thranita pseudopelsarti
  Rote Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Thranita spinimana
  Rote Schwimmkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-08-31 11:56:20 

Last edit:

2026-01-14 14:06:33 

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