Emerita emeritus Sand Crab, Mole Crab

Emerita emeritus is commonly referred to as Sand Crab, Mole Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3585 

AphiaID:

210319 

Scientific:

Emerita emeritus 

German:

Sandkrabbe 

English:

Sand Crab, Mole Crab 

Category:

Övriga kräftdjur 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Hippidae (Family) > Emerita (Genus) > emeritus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Micronesia, Red Sea, Sumatra 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Emerita analoga
  Pazifische Sandkrabbe
• Emerita benedicti
• Emerita portoricensis
• 
  Emerita talpoida
  Atlantik-Brandungskrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Emerita emeritus
  Sandkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-03-14 17:06:13 

Last edit:

2021-01-04 20:49:11 

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