Elamena sp.01 False Spider Crab

Elamena sp.01 is commonly referred to as False Spider 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.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Elamena sp.Japan 2009_0629-03

Place: Tip of Ose Cape, Numazu city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-10m, rocky bottom, under rock).Comment: carapace width=0.5cm, female.
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lexID:: 18350
AphiaID:: 204005

Scientific:: Elamena sp.01
German:: Dreiecks Spinnenkrabbe, Flasche Spinnenkrabbe
English:: False Spider Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hymenosomatidae (Family) > Elamena (Genus) > sp.01 (Species)
Initial determination:: H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Occurrence:: Japan
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 1 - 10 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Under rocks
Size:: 0,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown