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)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Anomura (Infraorder)
└Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
└Porcellanidae (Family)
└Petrolisthes (Genus)
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