La vasca dei crostacei
Species present in the tank
Spiny lobster
Size: 25-40 cm
Habitat: found on rocky bottoms from 30 to 150mt depth in the Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
It lacks claws, but produces rasping sounds with its long antennae to repeal predators
Slipper lobster
Size: up to 45 cm
Habitat: 10 a 100mt in the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
It si a rare species threatenedby overfishing. Its catching is forbidden in Sardinia.
Sand steenbras
Size: can reach 40 cm
Habitat: It is a typical species of coastal sandy bottoms spread in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic up to the French coasts and in the south to Nigeria, also present in the Red Sea.
Particularly gregarious in the juvenile phase; Eurialine often enters into brackish ponds like lagoons. It reproduces at the beginning of the summer. It is a proterandric hermaphrodite so it is born male and becomes female (at the size of 21 - 28 cm, between 4 - 7 years) as the sea bream, although a certain number of individuals is born of female sex and remains for life (primary females). The livery with the characteristic alternating striations, indicates that the species is typical of sandy bottoms, where it manages to hide well with the environment.
Spider crab
Size: 25-40 cm
Habitat: found on sandy bottoms from 80 to 350mt of depth in the Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
It is a crab with long and thin legs fit to move on sandy and muddy bottoms
