Clibanarius humilis Small Hermit Crab

Clibanarius humilis is commonly referred to as Small Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3968 

AphiaID:

367508 

Scientific:

Clibanarius humilis 

German:

Kleiner Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Small Hermit Crab 

Category:

Hermit Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Clibanarius (Genus) > humilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Dana, ), 1851 

Occurrence:

Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Réunion , the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

0 - 95 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Reef terraces, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

24,1 °F - 28,9 °F (24,1°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available, omnivore 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Clibanarius antillensis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• Clibanarius cubensis
• 
  Clibanarius tricolor
  Dreifarben-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius vittatus
  Dünnlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs
• Clibanarius zebra

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Clibanarius aequabilis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius ambonensis
  Ambon-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius corallinus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius cruentatus
  Gold-gepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius digueti
  Rotbein-Einsiedler / Mexikanischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius englaucus
  Weißpunkt-Augen Clibanarius
• 
  Clibanarius erythropus
  Mittelmeer Felsküsteneinsiedlerkrebs, St Pirans Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius eurysternus
  Schwarz-Gestreifter Clibanarius
• 
  Clibanarius humilis
  Kleiner Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius longitarsus
  Blau-Gestreifter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius rutilus
  Orangeroter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius senegalensis
  Senegal Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius signatus
  Tropischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius striolatus
  Danas Einsiedlerkrebs, Gestreifter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius symmetricus
  Symmetrischer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius taeniatus
  Gestreifte-Beine Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Clibanarius virescens
  Weißfuß-Küsteneinsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-12-17 13:59:11 

Last edit:

2026-04-17 16:26:54 

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