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)

Crustaceans
Porcelain Crabs

Charming Porcelain Crab



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