Palapedia integra Round Crab

Palapedia integra is commonly referred to as Round Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18400 

AphiaID:

444178 

Scientific:

Palapedia integra 

German:

Rundkrabbe 

English:

Round Crab 

Category:

muut ravut 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Xanthidae (Family) > Palapedia (Genus) > integra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(De Haan, ), 1835 

Occurrence:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Corea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Mauritius, Mayotte, Okinawa, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

10 - 190 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Gravel soil, Reef-associated, Rock crevices, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Under rocks, under stones 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Palapedia bongensis
• Palapedia hendersoni
• 
  Palapedia integra
  Rundkrabbe
• Palapedia marquesa
• Palapedia nitida
• Palapedia obliquefrons
• Palapedia pelsartensis
• Palapedia quadriceps
• Palapedia rastripes
• Palapedia roycei
• Palapedia serenei
• Palapedia truncatifrons
• Palapedia valentini
• Palapedia wilsoni
• Palapedia yongshuensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-11 14:57:33 

Last edit:

2026-06-12 13:30:50 

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