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Achelous floridanus Florida Swimming Crab

Achelous floridanus is commonly referred to as Florida Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, 2019


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lexID:
12269 
AphiaID:
557882 
Scientific:
Achelous floridanus 
German:
Florida Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Florida Swimming Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Achelous (Genus) > floridanus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Rathbun, ), 1930 
Occurrence:
the Black Sea, Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Thailand, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 93 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-07-27 13:56:01 

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Achelous floridanus (Rathbun, 1930)

Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming. This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.

Synonymised names
Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930

External links

  1. Reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus (bhb 20 P7072491a sm).2020
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus (bhb 20 P7222799a sm).2020
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, 2019
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, Florida USA 2018
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, Florida USA 2019
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, 2019
Florida Swimming Crab, Achelous floridanus, 2018

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