Corystes cassivelaunus Masked Crab

Corystes cassivelaunus is commonly referred to as Masked Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7132 

AphiaID:

107277 

Scientific:

Corystes cassivelaunus 

German:

Maskenkrabbe 

English:

Masked Crab 

Category:

Krabbor 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Corystidae (Family) > Corystes (Genus) > cassivelaunus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pennant, ), 1777 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, France, Germany, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

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:

28 - 49 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.15" (8 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Fish eggs, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, omnivore, Predatory, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Corystes cassivelaunus
  Maskenkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-10 18:39:26 

Last edit:

2024-02-26 19:57:41 

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