Teleophrys ruber Red Clinging Crab

Teleophrys ruber is commonly referred to as Red Clinging 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:

17629 

AphiaID:

880542 

Scientific:

Teleophrys ruber 

German:

Rote Kletterkrabbe 

English:

Red Clinging Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Mithracidae (Family) > Teleophrys (Genus) > ruber (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Stimpson, ), 1871 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Martinique, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela 

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:

1 - 5 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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:

• Teleophrys cristulipes
• Teleophrys ornatus
• Teleophrys pococki
• Teleophrys tumidus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Teleophrys ruber
  Rote Kletterkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-25 20:08:24 

Last edit:

2025-07-25 20:08:24 

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