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Porcelain Crabs
Porcellanidae
Porcelain crabs are decapod crustaceans in the widespread family Porcellanidae, which superficially resemble true crabs. They have flattened bodies as an adaptation for living in rock crevices. They are delicate, readily losing limbs when attacked, and use their large claws for maintaining territories.
29 branches of this family, most-observed first
Petrolisthes
genusPetrolisthes
Porcellana
genusPorcellana
Neopetrolisthes
genusNeopetrolisthes
Pisidia
genusPisidia
Pachycheles
genusPachycheles
Lissoporcellana
genusLissoporcellana
Porcellanella
genusPorcellanella
Allopetrolisthes
genusAllopetrolisthes
Polyonyx
genusPolyonyx
Aliaporcellana
genusAliaporcellana
Enosteoides
genusEnosteoides
Petrocheles
genusPetrocheles
Liopetrolisthes
genusLiopetrolisthes
Megalobrachium
genusMegalobrachium
Raphidopus
genusRaphidopus
Euceramus
genusEuceramus
Minyocerus
genusMinyocerus
Pseudoporcellanella
genusPseudoporcellanella
Neopisosoma
genusNeopisosoma
Orthochela
genusOrthochela
Novorostrum
genusNovorostrum
Ancylocheles
genusAncylocheles
Eulenaios
genusEulenaios
Ulloaia
genusUlloaia
Clastotoechus
genusClastotoechus
Parapetrolisthes
genusParapetrolisthes
Heteroporcellana
genusHeteroporcellana
Heteropolyonyx
genusHeteropolyonyx
Capilliporcellana
genusCapilliporcellana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 47805.