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Herbstia condyliata Wrinkled Spider Crab, Cave Spider Crab

Herbstia condyliata is commonly referred to as Wrinkled Spider Crab, Cave 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.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Herbstia condyliata,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
6510 
AphiaID:
107320 
Scientific:
Herbstia condyliata 
German:
Runzelige Seespinne, Dekorateurkrabbe 
English:
Wrinkled Spider Crab, Cave Spider Crab 
Category:
Kraby 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Herbstia (Genus) > condyliata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Fabricius, ), 1787 
Occurrence:
the Black Sea, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, France, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
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:
4 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Rock crevices, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-17 22:25:57 

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Herbstia condyliata (Fabricius, 1787)

The decorator crab Herbstia condyliata occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea,Azores and lives in caves and crevices up to 80 meters deep.

Synonymised names:
Cancer condyliata Fabricius, 1787
Mithrax berbsti Risso, 1827 in [Risso, 1826-1827]
Mithrax scaber O.G. Costa, 1840 [in O.G. Costa & A. Costa, 1838-1871] (junior synonym)

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am 17.03.14#1
Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was die Spinne frißt, aber an den Stellen wo sie häufiger sitzt, sind die Fadenalgen weniger geworden.

Sie ist inzwischen gewachsen und dekoriert sich nicht mehr so doll.
Aber meine kleinen Röhrenkorallen hat sie durch ihre Dekoration leider vernichtet ;(
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