Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Charming Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes amoenus
Charming Porcelain Crab
Category: Porcelain Crabs
Scientific Name: Petrolisthes amoenus
Size: Up to 3/8 in. (1 cm)  
Depth: 6-460 ft. (2-140 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Porcellanidae (Family)
          └Petrolisthes (Genus)
           └P. amoenus (Species)

Crustaceans
Porcelain Crabs

Charming Porcelain Crab



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