Guinusia chabrus Red rock crab, Cleft-Fronted Shore Crab, Sally Lightfoot, Red Bait Crab

Guinusia chabrus is commonly referred to as Red rock crab, Cleft-Fronted Shore Crab, Sally Lightfoot, Red Bait 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.

Profile

lexID:

11960 

AphiaID:

558067 

Scientific:

Guinusia chabrus 

German:

Rote Steinkrabbe 

English:

Red Rock Crab, Cleft-Fronted Shore Crab, Sally Lightfoot, Red Bait Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Plagusiidae (Family) > Guinusia (Genus) > chabrus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bass Strait, Chile, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Indo Pacific, Juan-Fernández-Islands, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory (Australia), Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South-Africa, Southeast Atlantic, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands, Tonga, Western Australia 

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:

0 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Kelp forests 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 82.4 °F (15°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Invertebrates, Worms 

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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Guinusia chabrus
  Rote Steinkrabbe
• Guinusia dentipes

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-02-08 15:22:09 

Last edit:

2023-10-25 20:49:38 

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