Trizopagurus strigatus
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Trizopagurus strigatus is a hermit crab from the tropical Indo-Pacific . Its distribution area extends from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa to Japan , Hawaii , New Guinea and Australia . It is nocturnal, inhabits coral reefs and is rare in its habitat.
Adult animals use the shells of cone snails (Conidae) to protect their soft abdomen and, adapted to the slit-like entrance of the snail shell, have a very flat body. The carapace of the crabs is white, the limbs are tightly orange and red ringed, antennae and stalks are red, the eyes orange. Juvenile crabs use the shells of snails of the genera Murex and Mitra . Trizopagurus strigatus becomes about six inches long.
The crabs are omnivores and feed on algae, carrion and all kinds of invertebrates.
Trizopagurus strigatus is sometimes imported for aquarium keeping and is easy to keep.
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Robert A. Patzner: Mergus sea water atlas. Volume 5, Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-115-1 .
- Helmut Debelius : Cancer Guide. Jahr Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86132-504-7 .
- Svein A. Fosså, Alf Jacob Nilsen: Coral reef aquarium. Volume 6, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim 1998, ISBN 3-928819-18-6 .
Web links
- Seawater lexicon Trizopagurus strigatus