Pagurixus dissimilis Hermit Crab

Pagurixus dissimilis is commonly referred to as Hermit 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.

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lexID:

12605 

AphiaID:

411842 

Scientific:

Pagurixus dissimilis 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurixus (Genus) > dissimilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Osawa & Komai, 2007 

Occurrence:

Japan, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, The Ryukyu Islands 

Sea depth:

1 - 31 Meter 

Size:

0,15 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Zoobenthos 

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:

• 
  Pagurixus festinus
  Zwerg-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus nomurai
  Nomuras Einsiedlerkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pagurixus anceps
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus dissimilis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus handrecki
  Clarries Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus patiae
  Pats Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus rubrovittatus
  Rotlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-11-30 13:20:07 

Last edit:

2019-11-30 13:24:33 

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