Dromia erythropus Redeye Sponge Crab

Dromia erythropus is commonly referred to as Redeye Sponge 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:

12105 

AphiaID:

241022 

Scientific:

Dromia erythropus 

German:

Rotaugen Schwammkrabbe 

English:

Redeye Sponge Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Dromiidae (Family) > Dromia (Genus) > erythropus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Edwards in Catesby, ), 1771 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

8 - 183 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.76" (7 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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:

• Dromia bollorei
• 
  Dromia erythropus
  Rotaugen Schwammkrabbe
• 
  Dromia marmorea
  Marmorierte Schwammkrabbe
• Dromia nodosa
• 
  Dromia personata
  Schwammkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-05-11 19:43:44 

Last edit:

2019-05-11 20:04:52 

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