Menippe mercenaria Stone Crab, Florida Stone Crab, Southern stone crab

Menippe mercenaria is commonly referred to as Stone Crab, Florida Stone Crab, Southern stone crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11299 

AphiaID:

422070 

Scientific:

Menippe mercenaria 

German:

Große Steinkrabbe, Florida-Stein-Krabbe 

English:

Stone Crab, Florida Stone Crab, Southern Stone Crab 

Category:

Krabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Menippidae (Family) > Menippe (Genus) > mercenaria (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Say, ), 1818 

Occurrence:

Belize, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

3.54" - 4.72" (9,1cm - 12,9cm) 

Weight:

1.5 kg 

Temperature:

23,6 °F - 25,9 °F (23,6°C - 25,9°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Menippe adina
• Menippe frontalis
• Menippe hirtipes
• 
  Menippe mercenaria
  Große Steinkrabbe, Florida-Stein-Krabbe
• Menippe nodifrons
• Menippe obtusa
• Menippe rumphii

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-12-29 13:22:15 

Last edit:

2017-12-29 18:57:08 

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