Ethusa mascarone Stalkeye Porter Crab

Ethusa mascarone is commonly referred to as Stalkeye Porter 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:

18201 

AphiaID:

107283 

Scientific:

Ethusa mascarone 

German:

Gepäckträgerkrabbe 

English:

Stalkeye Porter Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Ethusidae (Family) > Ethusa (Genus) > mascarone (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1785 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, North Atlantic Ocean, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

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 - 75 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1,5 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus, omnivore 

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:

• Ethusa abbreviata
• Ethusa americana
• Ethusa andamanica
• Ethusa barbata
• Ethusa brevidentata
• Ethusa ciliatifrons
• Ethusa crassipodia
• Ethusa crosnieri
• Ethusa curvipes
• Ethusa dilatidens
• Ethusa foresti
• Ethusa furca
• Ethusa gracilipes
• Ethusa granulosa
• Ethusa hawaiiensis
• Ethusa hirsuta
• Ethusa indica
• Ethusa indonesiensis
• Ethusa izuensis
• Ethusa lata
• Ethusa latidactylus
• Ethusa longidentata
• Ethusa machaera
• Ethusa magnipalmata
• Ethusa makasarica
• 
  Ethusa mascarone
  Gepäckträgerkrabbe
• Ethusa microphthalma
• Ethusa minuta
• Ethusa obliquedens
• Ethusa orientalis
• Ethusa panamensis
• Ethusa parapygmaea
• Ethusa philippinensis
• Ethusa pygmaea
• Ethusa quadrata
• Ethusa rosacea
• Ethusa rugulosa
• Ethusa sexdentata
• Ethusa sinespina
• Ethusa steyaerti
• Ethusa tenuipes
• Ethusa thieli
• Ethusa truncata
• Ethusa vossi
• Ethusa zurstrasseni
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-03-06 19:26:06 

Last edit:

2026-03-06 19:40:40 

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