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Petrolisthes tomentosus Porcelain Crab

Petrolisthes tomentosus is commonly referred to as Porcelain Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Glen Whisson, Aqua Research and Monitoring Services, Australien

Petrolisthes tomentosus, Ningaloo Reef, WA, Australia 2021


Courtesy of the author Dr. Glen Whisson, Aqua Research and Monitoring Services, Australien . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
14429 
AphiaID:
210122 
Scientific:
Petrolisthes tomentosus 
German:
Porzellankrebs 
English:
Porcelain Crab 
Category:
Anomura 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > tomentosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1852 
Occurrence:
Australia, Comores, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Pazific, Tahiti, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands 
Sea depth:
0,8 - 31 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,8cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Commensalism, Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-01-27 11:22:19 

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Petrolisthes tomentosus (Dana, 1852)

Petrolisthes tomentosus was sdescribed by Kropp (1986) for an ovigerous female specimen collected from Tahiti.

Thisnporcelain crab can be found at the low intertidal to 31 m; under rocks, on dead corals or on the bases of living corals . Carapace, chelipeds and ambulatory legs
entirely creamy white.

Synonymised names:
Petrolisthes penicillatus (Heller, 1862) (superseded combination of junior synonym)
Petrolisthes villosus (Richters, 1880) (superseded combination of junior synonym)
Porcellana penicillata Heller, 1862 (junior synonym)
Porcellana tomentosus Dana, 1852 (basionym)
Porcellana villosa Richters, 1880 (junior synonym)

External links

  1. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 27.01.2022.

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Petrolisthes tomentosus, Ningaloo Reef, WA, Australia 2021

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