Atergatis dilatatus Crab

Atergatis dilatatus is commonly referred to as Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: toxic.

Profile

lexID:

18294 

AphiaID:

209059 

Scientific:

Atergatis dilatatus 

German:

Breitrand Rundkrabbe 

English:

Crab 

Category:

Krabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Xanthidae (Family) > Atergatis (Genus) > dilatatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

De Haan, 1835 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, China, Christmas Islands, Japan, Kenya, New Caledonia, Philippines, Sri Lanka 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

8,5 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:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Atergatis dentatus
• 
  Atergatis dilatatus
  Breitrand Rundkrabbe
• 
  Atergatis floridus
  Olivgrüne Steinkrabbe
• Atergatis granulatus
• 
  Atergatis integerrimus
  Steinkrabbe, Rote Ei-Krabbe
• Atergatis interruptus
• Atergatis laevigatus
• Atergatis latissimus
• Atergatis montrouzieri
• Atergatis nitidus
• Atergatis obtusus
• 
  Atergatis ocyroe
  Steinkrabbe
• Atergatis reticulatus
• 
  Atergatis roseus
  Riffkrabbe, Rundkrabbe
• 
  Atergatis subdentatus
  Rote Riffkrabbe, Dunkle Finger Korallenkrabbe
• Atergatis tweediei
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-24 16:46:28 

Last edit:

2026-04-24 16:59:22 

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