Cryptolithodes typicus Butterfly Crab, Butterfly King Crab

Cryptolithodes typicus is commonly referred to as Butterfly Crab, Butterfly King Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16681 

AphiaID:

550617 

Scientific:

Cryptolithodes typicus 

German:

Schmetterlingskrabbe 

English:

Butterfly Crab, Butterfly King Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Lithodidae (Family) > Cryptolithodes (Genus) > typicus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Brandt, 1848 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), British Columbia, California, Canada Eastern Pacific, North Pacific (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:

1 - 73 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils, Steep wall, Stony soils 

Size:

8,0 cm 

Temperature:

6,8 °F - 10,8 °F (6,8°C - 10,8°C) 

Food:

Bryozoans (sea mats), Coralline algae, Invertebrates, omnivore 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cryptolithodes brevifrons
• 
  Cryptolithodes sitchensis
  Schildkrötenkrabbe, Regenschirm-Krabbe, Sitka Krabbe
• 
  Cryptolithodes typicus
  Schmetterlingskrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-08-14 17:44:31 

Last edit:

2024-08-14 17:52:40 

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