Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=AnomuraFamily=PorcellanidaeGenus=Petrolisthes ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.comCommon name=porcelain crab
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=AnomuraFamily=PorcellanidaeGenus=Petrolisthes ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.comCommon name=porcelain crab
size=16 to 18mm across,These crabs were found living in hollow coral in numbers.All the crabs were the same size and the colour is as you see here.Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=AnomuraFamily=PorcellanidaeGenus=PetrolisthesCommon name=porcelain crab
Drawings of porcelain crab and its claw (5 x 8 cm., 6 x 4 cm.) Repository: Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityCall number: bAg 168.60.2 (2)