Carpilius corallinus Batwing Coral Crab

Carpilius corallinusis commonly referred to as Batwing Coral Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

3603 

AphiaID:

422051 

Scientific:

Carpilius corallinus 

German:

Große Karibik-Krabbe, Fledermaus-Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Batwing Coral Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Carpiliidae (Family) > Carpilius (Genus) > corallinus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1783 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, Panama, Saint Lucia, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela, West-Atlantic 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:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 5.91" (1cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Snails 

Difficulty:

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

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carpilius convexus
  Doppelpunkt-Steinkrabbe, Konvexe-Riffkrabbe
• 
  Carpilius corallinus
  Große Karibik-Krabbe, Fledermaus-Korallenkrabbe
• 
  Carpilius maculatus
  Gepunktete Riff-Krabbe, Sieben-Elf-Krabbe, Blutflecken Krabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-04-03 18:39:41 

Last edit:

2022-10-16 16:43:47 

Toxicity

Carpilius corallinus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Carpilius corallinus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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