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Paguritta kroppi Kropp's Coral Hermit Crab

Paguritta kroppiis commonly referred to as Kropp's Coral Hermit 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.


Profilbild Urheber Rafi Amar, Israel

Kropp's Coral Hermit Crab - Paguritta kroppi, 2013


Courtesy of the author Rafi Amar, Israel . Please visit www.rafiamar.com for more information.

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lexID:
8897 
AphiaID:
366554 
Scientific:
Paguritta kroppi 
German:
Kropps Korallen Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Kropp's Coral Hermit Crab 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Paguritta (Genus) > kroppi (Species) 
Initial determination:
McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993 
Occurrence:
Central Pazific, Fiji, Guam, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
3 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, 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) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-23 11:04:24 

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Paguritta kroppi McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993

Paguritta is a Rigth-handed Hermit Crab, which inhabit tubes or worm holes in living hard corals.

This Coral Hermit crab is a sessile hermit crab.This species feeds on plankton,that it filters from the water using its long, feathered antennae.

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