Pagurixus anceps Hermit Crab

Pagurixus anceps is commonly referred to as 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.

Profile

lexID:

17697 

AphiaID:

208728 

Scientific:

Pagurixus anceps 

German:

Einsiedlerkrebs 

English:

Hermit Crab 

Category:

Eremittkreps 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurixus (Genus) > anceps (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forest, ), 1954 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Somalia, Thailand, Tuamoto Islands 

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:

0 - 18 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0,2 cm 

Temperature:

24,6 °F - 29,2 °F (24,6°C - 29,2°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:

• 
  Pagurixus festinus
  Zwerg-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus nomurai
  Nomuras Einsiedlerkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pagurixus anceps
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus dissimilis
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus handrecki
  Clarries Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus patiae
  Pats Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Pagurixus rubrovittatus
  Rotlinien-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-09-03 20:11:26 

Last edit:

2025-10-29 20:46:23 

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