Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067740
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067798
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