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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
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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 Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | 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 Ecologia

Associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 6 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologia

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).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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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Strumenti

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Informazioni ulteriori

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Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
Sinonimi
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Riproduzione
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Uova
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Age/Size
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Length-length
Morfologia
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Abbondanza
Bibliografia
Mass conversion
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Fonti Internet

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