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Thalamita pelsarti Swimming Crab

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


Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Thalamita pelsarti, Japan 1997

Place: Ose-zaki, Numazu, Sizuoka pref., Japan (inner bay, sandy/muddy bottom, 6m deep, near boulders).Comment: carapace width=6cm(approximately), mating.No. 0342-01
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lexID:
16485 
AphiaID:
442909 
Scientific:
Thalamita pelsarti 
German:
Schwimmkrabbe 
English:
Swimming Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Thalamita (Genus) > pelsarti (Species) 
Initial determination:
Montgomery, 1931 
Occurrence:
Australia, China, France, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan 
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:
- 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 2.36" (6 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 87.8 °F (24°C - 31°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Thalamita acanthophallus
  • Thalamita admete
  • Thalamita annulipes
  • Thalamita anomala
  • Thalamita auauensis
  • Thalamita bacboensis
  • Thalamita bandusia
  • Thalamita bevisi
  • Thalamita bilobata
  • Thalamita bouvieri
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-11 16:40:24 

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Thalamita pelsarti pelsarti Montgomery, 1931

Swimming crabs have paddle-like, flattened hind legs. They are carnivorous, active predators that can catch their prey at lightning speed. They have very defensive, powerful claws.

Unfortunately, no further information is available about Thalamita pelsarti.

Synonymised names
Thalamita prymna var. pelsarti Montgomery, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalamita starobogatovi Tien, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thranita pelsarti (Montgomery, 1931) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thranita starobogatovi (Tien, 1969) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2024.

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