Dromia marmorea Marbled Sponge Crab

Dromia marmorea is commonly referred to as Marbled Sponge 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.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Dromia marmorea, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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Scientific:: Dromia marmorea
German:: Marmorierte Schwammkrabbe
English:: Marbled Sponge Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Dromiidae (Family) > Dromia (Genus) > marmorea (Species)
Initial determination:: Forest, 1974

Occurrence:: Ghana, Gambia, Angola, Azores, Congo, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Madeira, Mauritania, North Atlantic Ocean, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago
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:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
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