Domecia acanthophora Elkhorn Coral Crab

Domecia acanthophora is commonly referred to as Elkhorn Coral 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:

15408 

AphiaID:

107424 

Scientific:

Domecia acanthophora 

German:

Elchgeweihkorallen-Krabbe 

English:

Elkhorn Coral Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Domeciidae (Family) > Domecia (Genus) > acanthophora (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, ), 1867 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, Venezuela 

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 - 146 Meter 

Habitats:

Epibiont (living on other organisms), On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus, No reliable information available 

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:

• 
  Domecia acanthophora
  Elchgeweihkorallen-Krabbe
• Domecia africana
• Domecia glabra
• Domecia hispida

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-12-04 20:33:00 

Last edit:

2025-07-23 17:49:02 

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