Mursia cristiata Masked Crab

Mursia cristiata is commonly referred to as Masked Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17187 

AphiaID:

241044 

Scientific:

Mursia cristiata 

German:

Masken-Krabbe 

English:

Masked Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Mursia (Genus) > cristiata (Species) 

Initial determination:

H. Milne Edwards, 1837 

Occurrence:

South-Africa 

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:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Temperature:

57.2 °F - 62.6 °F (14°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, 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:

• Mursia africana
• Mursia armata
• Mursia aspera
• Mursia aurorae
• Mursia australiensis
• Mursia baconaua
• Mursia bicristimana
• Mursia buwaya
• Mursia coseli
• 
  Mursia cristiata
  Masken-Krabbe
• Mursia curtispina
• Mursia danigoi
• Mursia diwata
• Mursia flamma
• Mursia hawaiiensis
• Mursia longispina
• Mursia mameleu
• Mursia mcdowelli
• Mursia microspina
• Mursia minuta
• Mursia musorstomia
• Mursia orientalia
• Mursia poupini
• Mursia spinimanus
• Mursia steinhardti
• Mursia trispinosa
• Mursia xianshengi
• Mursia zarenkovi
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-01-24 13:03:48 

Last edit:

2025-01-24 13:17:03 

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