MBI Species Classification Request

General

Name:

Andrew Berry ( Umm_fish? )

Status:

Completed

Date:

02/09/2013

Classification Type:

New

Challenge

Species:

Mithrax sculptus

Suggested Class:

Common Name(s):

Emerald Crab

Species Synonyms:

Fish/Invert/Culture:

Spawn Mode:

Demersal

Fish Base Link:

http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=27093&genusname=Mithraculus&speciesname=sculptus

Breeding Success:

True

Success References:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848604006581

Journal:

If Challenging Existing Classification
Reasons Species Should be Reclassified:

If Requesting New Classification
Research or Links to information on Species:	http://www.researchgate.net/publication/230579551_Larval_development_and_first_crab_of_Mithraculus_sculptus_%28Decapoda__Brachyura__Majoidea__Mithracidae%29_described_from_laboratory-reared_material

Other Details
Other Information:	I put this request in once before, but I think that was during the Server Nightmare of a few weeks ago and I don't see it any longer. There's also some information on this crab in the Calado book, from what I recall. Seems pretty easy, roughly 10 days to meta.

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mpedersen
(Matt Pedersen)
5/24/13 01:37 PM From an email with Andy Rhyne: "They are one of the easiest species I have ever cultured. They need movement and good water quality, lots of Artemia. They like something to settle out own, the megalopa will settle before it molts into a crab. M. forceps is much easier to rear, I got about 90% survival with those and about 30% or so with M. sculptus."

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