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.

Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Palapedia integra,Japan 1996_0308-01

Place: Dive site "Yokobama", Futo, Ito city, Shizuoka pref., Japan (-7m, rocky bottom, under rock).Comment: carapace width=2cm (approximately).
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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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
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

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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Palapedia integra (De Haan, 1835)

Synonymised names
Cancer (Xantho) integra De Haan, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Kraussia integra (De Haan, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda) (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2026.
Crabs of Japan (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2026.
crustiesfroverseas.free.fr (fr). Abgerufen am 11.06.2026.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 11.06.2026.

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