Hoplometopus antillensis Flaming Red Reef Lobster

Hoplometopus antillensis is commonly referred to as Flaming Red Reef Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Lett. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3992 

AphiaID:

383037 

Scientific:

Hoplometopus antillensis 

German:

Roter Atlantik Riffhummer 

English:

Flaming Red Reef Lobster 

Category:

Hummer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Enoplometopidae (Family) > Hoplometopus (Genus) > antillensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lütken, ), 1865 

Occurrence:

Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Brazil, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Indian 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:

5 - 201 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 3.54" (6,2cm - 9,7cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 77 °F (15°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Carnivore, Carrion, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Predatory 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Lett 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Hoplometopus antillensis
  Roter Atlantik Riffhummer
• 
  Hoplometopus holthuisi
  Holthuis Riffhummer

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-01-07 09:52:24 

Last edit:

2025-01-03 19:26:37 

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