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Nucia speciosa Raspberry Crab, Leucosiid Crab

Nucia speciosa is commonly referred to as Raspberry Crab, Leucosiid 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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Raspberry crab - Nucia speciosa Taiwan 2022


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lexID:
12637 
AphiaID:
209510 
Scientific:
Nucia speciosa 
German:
Himbeerkrabbe, Kugelkrabbe 
English:
Raspberry Crab, Leucosiid Crab 
Category:
Крабы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Leucosiidae (Family) > Nucia (Genus) > speciosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dana, 1852 
Occurrence:
China, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Pazific, Taiwan 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 56 Meter 
Habitats:
Gravel soil, Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2,0 cm 
Temperature:
76.28 °F - 84.02 °F (24.6°C - 28.9°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-19 14:59:15 

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Nucia speciosa Dana, 1852

Body with vesiculous granules. Carapace strongly convex, broader than long. There are five tubercles on each lateral border of the carapace and two on the posterior border. These tubercles are more distinct in male than in female. Chelipeds stout.

Synonymised names:
Ebalia pfefferi de Man, 1888

External links

  1. Marine Species Identifications Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 29.04.2022.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 19.03.2024.

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