Heteronucia globata Purse Crab

Heteronucia globata is commonly referred to as Purse 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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lexID:

17667 

AphiaID:

441161 

Scientific:

Heteronucia globata 

German:

Kugelkrabbe 

English:

Purse Crab 

Category:

Krabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Leucosiidae (Family) > Heteronucia (Genus) > globata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Sakai, 1963 

Occurrence:

Japan, Malaysia 

Sea depth:

- 80 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,35 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

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) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Heteronucia angulata
• Heteronucia elegans
• 
  Heteronucia globata
  Kugelkrabbe
• Heteronucia granulata
• Heteronucia laminata
• Heteronucia margaritata
• Heteronucia mesanensis
• Heteronucia minuta
• Heteronucia obfastigiatus
• Heteronucia oeschi
• 
  Heteronucia perlata
  Perlen-Kugelkrabbe
• 
  Heteronucia spinifera
  Kugelkrabbe
• Heteronucia toyoshioae
• Heteronucia tuberculata
• 
  Heteronucia venusta
  Kugelkrabbe
• Heteronucia vesiculosa
• Heteronucia xincunensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Heteronucia fujitai
  Kugelkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-08-21 16:48:29 

Last edit:

2025-08-21 17:00:11 

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