Cestopagurus timidus Shy Hermit Crab

Cestopagurus timidus is commonly referred to as Shy 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.

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lexID:

17136 

AphiaID:

107226 

Scientific:

Cestopagurus timidus 

German:

Schüchterner Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Shy Hermit Crab 

Category:

Eremittkreps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Cestopagurus (Genus) > timidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Roux, ), 1830 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Balearic Islands, European Coasts, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), North Atlantic Ocean, Scotland, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

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 - 80 Meter 

Habitats:

Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,16cm - 0,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cestopagurus puniceus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cestopagurus timidus
  Schüchterner Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-01-11 20:30:40 

Last edit:

2025-01-11 20:39:12 

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