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Species - Pyromaia tuberculata

Scientific name:
Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington 1877)
Common name:
fire crab
General description:
Summary Description

Pyromaia tuberculata is a pear-shaped crab that grows up to 20 mm long. It has a single spine projecting forwards from between the eyes. Its eyes are without orbits, and they are non-retractable. Its four walking legs are long and spindly, the front ones being the longest. It is a brown-yellow colour and has fine hairs on the surface of the carapace.
Australian distribution:
Established
Detected in:
Tasmania
Invasion status:

Non-native
Native origin:

West coast USA and Mexico

Has been established in several eastern Australia locations. In Port Philip Bay populations are limited due to predation by globefish. Has established invasive populations in Japan, persisting in even polluted envirnments like Tokyo Bay. Also established in New Zealand and Patagonia.

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Caption:
Pyromaia tuberculata - NIMPIS.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Morris et al., 1980. Acknowledge: true
Caption:
Pyromaia tuberculata - NIMPIS.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Museum Victoria. Acknowledge: true
Caption:
Pyromaia tuberculata diagram & key features. Carapace broadly triangular and convex. Small carapace (maximum male width = 21.5 mm). Surface of carapace granulate and tuberculate. Simple pointed rostrum, variable in length. Legs decreasing in length from the first let to the fourth. Poet-orbital spine curved around end of eye.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Diagram - Poore & Storey, 1999. Acknowledge: true

Last modified: 27 February 2020