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Porcellana
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Porcellana

Porcellana is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the widespread family Porcellanidae, the porcelain crabs, which superficially resemble true crabs. The genus Porcellana includes the following species:

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hairy Porcelain Crab

speciesPorcellana platycheles

Spotted Porcelain Crab

speciesPorcellana sayana

Porcellana habei

speciesPorcellana habei

Porcellana africana

speciesPorcellana africana

Porcellana pulchra

speciesPorcellana pulchra

Striped Porcelain Crab

speciesPorcellana sigsbeiana

Porcellana paguriconviva

speciesPorcellana paguriconviva

Porcellana hancocki

speciesPorcellana hancocki

Porcellana cancrisocialis

speciesPorcellana cancrisocialis

Porcellana caparti

speciesPorcellana caparti

Porcellana foresti

speciesPorcellana foresti

Porcellana lillyae

speciesPorcellana lillyae

Porcellana persica

speciesPorcellana persica

Porcellana elegans

speciesPorcellana elegans

Porcellana curvifrons

speciesPorcellana curvifrons

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Porcellana in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.622

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130090.