Pachycheles vicarius Porcelain crab

Pachycheles vicarius is commonly referred to as Porcelain 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.

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AphiaID:: 425881

Scientific:: Pachycheles vicarius
German:: Porzellankrebs
English:: Porcelain Crab

Category:: Anomura (eremiter, porslinskrabbor, trollhumrar etc.)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Pachycheles (Genus) > vicarius (Species)
Initial determination:: Nobili, 1901

Occurrence:: El Salvador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, the Caribbean, West-Atlantic Ocean
Marine Zone:: Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land.
Sea depth:: 0 - 8 Meter
Temperature:: °F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C)
Food:: Copepods, Filter feeder, Plankton
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:

Pachycheles ackleianus
Pachycheles attaragos
Pachycheles holosericus
Pachycheles monilifer
Pachycheles pilosus
Pachycheles pisoides
Pachycheles pubescens
Pachycheles riisei
Pachycheles rudis
Großscheren-Pozellankrebs
Pachycheles rugimanus

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-10-17 20:59:49
Last edit:: 2022-10-18 17:03:51

Info

The porcelain crab Pachycheles vicarius is typically found under rocks in the intertidal zone and in crevices on rocky shores, but also in coral crevices in deeper water.
Like all other porcelain crabs, it filters the finest plankton from the water for food.

Presumed West Atlantic sister species: Pachycheles susanae, the color pattern of Pachycheles vicarius is generally similar to that of Pachycheles susanae.

Carapace dimension max cl 4.7 cm, cw 5.7cm determined in a female, see https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/html/03D62C6B7759FFFC4EF95B51FA2FAF87

External links

Download der Erstbeschreibung über WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2022.
Pachycheles vicarius Nobili, 1901 (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2022.

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