Diogenes klaasi Klaas Hermit Crab

Diogenes klaasi is commonly referred to as Klaas Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2517 

AphiaID:

367674 

Scientific:

Diogenes klaasi 

German:

Klaas Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Klaas Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Diogenes (Genus) > klaasi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Rahayu & Forest, 1995 

Occurrence:

Indonesia, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Thailand 

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:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,2 cm 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Dustfood , Plankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Diogenes albimanus
  Weißhand Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Diogenes heteropsammicola
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Diogenes holthuisi
  Holthuis Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Diogenes klaasi
  Klaas Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Diogenes pallescens
  Blasser Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Diogenes pugilator
  Rouxs Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-07-06 13:51:49 

Last edit:

2026-03-09 19:40:56 

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