Petrolisthes paulayi Porcelain crab

Petrolisthes paulayiis 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.

Dr. Alexandra Hiller, Bernd Werding

Zookeys. 2016; (617): 19–29. Published online 2016 Sep 15. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.617.9893 A new species of the genus Petrolisthes Stimpson (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae) from the Central Pacific, with remarks and new records for P. aegyptiacus Werding & Hiller
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lexID:: 10110
AphiaID:: 884834

Scientific:: Petrolisthes paulayi
German:: Porzellankrabbe
English:: Porcelain Crab

Category:: Anomura

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > paulayi (Species)
Initial determination:: Hiller & Werding, 2016

Occurrence:: Central Pazific, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Line Islands, Palmyra Atoll
Sea depth:: 7 - 23 Meter
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C)
Food:: Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Petrolisthes amoenus
Petrolisthes armatus
Porzellankrabbe
Petrolisthes cabrilloi
Cabrillo Porzellankrebse
Petrolisthes cessacii
Petrolisthes cinctipes
Flacher Porzellankrebs
Petrolisthes coccineus
Petrolisthes eriomerus
Flattop Porzellankrebs
Petrolisthes galathinus
Gebänderter Porzellankrebs
Petrolisthes jugosus
Petrolisthes manimaculis
Schokoladen Porzellan-Krebs
Petrolisthes politus
Petrolisthes rathbunae

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-11-06 11:27:27
Last edit:: 2016-11-06 11:27:27

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Hiller & Werding, 2016

Source:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027768/

Zookeys. 2016; (617): 19–29.
Published online 2016 Sep 15. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.617.9893

A new species of the genus Petrolisthes Stimpson (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae) from the Central Pacific, with remarks and new records for P. aegyptiacus Werding & Hiller

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > Petrolisthes paulayi (Species)

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A new species of the genus Petrolisthes Stimpson (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae) from the Central Pacific, with remarks and new records for P. aegyptiacus Werding & Hiller (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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