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Platypodia granulosa   (Rüppell, 1830)

Crested reef crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Platypodia granulosa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Madagascar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Ref. 96667.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: CRUSTA, 2012
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Crested reef crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Xanthidae (stone and mud crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 6 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologi

Small carapace has distinctly rough surface due to small granules with fine hairs as cover. Pair of pincers are unequal and covered also with very tiny granules (Ref. 128968).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

May contain toxins that are undectectable in tests, and thus, may not be safe to eat (Ref. 128968).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Ward, M. 1941. (Ref. 2897)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 128968)

Human uses


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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.2, mean 28.2 (based on 2671 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.