Pelia tumida Dwarf teardrop crab, Dwarf crab

Pelia tumida wird umgangssprachlich oft als Zwerg-Tränentropfen Krabbe, Zwerg Dreickskrabbe bezeichnet.

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lexID:

11859 

AphiaID:

441652 

Scientific:

Pelia tumida 

German:

Zwerg-Tränen-Krabbe, Zwerg Krabbe 

English:

Dwarf Teardrop Crab, Dwarf Crab 

Category:

Krabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Pelia (Genus) > tumida (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lockington, ), 1877 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific) 

Sea depth:

1 - 100 Meter 

Size:

1,5 cm 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carrion, No reliable information available, omnivore 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pelia deflecta
• 
  Pelia mutica
  Kryptische Tränen-Krabbe
• Pelia pacifica
• Pelia pulchella
• Pelia rotunda
• 
  Pelia tumida
  Zwerg-Tränen-Krabbe, Zwerg Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-12-23 17:23:25 

Last edit:

2018-12-23 17:34:36 

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