BLUE SPIDER CRAB – 圆额新胀蟹

The Blue Spider is a great candidate for the aquaterrarium and is scientifically also called Neosarmatium rotundifrons. Originally this mangrove crab comes from Australia, but is also found in East Africa or Southeast Asia. It lives amphibious and is therefore great for the aquaterrarium. Its impressive appearance makes it an interesting eye-catcher, which one likes to observe.

This pretty and colorful crab is quite social and can be kept as a pair, but also in groups, it is quite sociable. It reaches a body size of about 5 cm. The males can be recognized by their usually somewhat larger and more colorful claws, also their abdominal valve is V-shaped and somewhat smaller than the U-shaped of the females. It has been successfully bred in aquaterrariums, but this is rather the exception and therefore considered rather difficult.

The aquaterrarium for the pretty Blue Spider freshwater crab should have an edge length of at least 80 cm, with the water portion being more than half . A climbing aid is very helpful for them here. However, since the Blue Spider is very clever, the aquaterrarium should be tightly closed, so that on the one hand they do not leave the tank and so that on the other hand the humidity and temperature can be kept appropriately high. The lid must be firmly fixed in any case, otherwise the Blue Spider could even pry it open.