Necora puber velvet swimcrab

Necora puber is commonly referred to as velvet swimcrab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5081 

AphiaID:

107398 

Scientific:

Necora puber 

German:

Samtkrabbe 

English:

Velvet Swimcrab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Polybiidae (Family) > Necora (Genus) > puber (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1767 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Straße von Gibraltar, the North Sea, Algeria, Belgium, European Coasts, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Africa, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 80 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 82.4 °F (4°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Carrion, Crabs, Cyclops, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Edible crab, Mysis, Predatory 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Necora puber
  Samtkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-30 19:44:15 

Last edit:

2021-01-25 12:48:08 

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