Porcellana platycheles great-clawed crab, gray porcelain crab, broad-clawed porcelain crab

Porcellana platycheles is commonly referred to as great-clawed crab, gray porcelain crab, broad-clawed porcelain crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2601 

AphiaID:

107190 

Scientific:

Porcellana platycheles 

German:

Haariger Porzellankrebs, Grauer Porzellankrebs, Bretischeren Porzellankrebs 

English:

Great-clawed Crab, Gray Porcelain Crab, Broad-clawed Porcelain Crab 

Category:

Kraby porcelanowe 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Porcellana (Genus) > platycheles (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pennant, ), 1777 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Balearic Islands, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 29 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Muddy grounds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0.39" - 0.39" (1,0cm - 1,6cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Carrion, Detritus 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

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:

• Porcellana longicornis
• 
  Porcellana platycheles
  Haariger Porzellankrebs, Grauer Porzellankrebs, Bretischeren Porzellankrebs
• 
  Porcellana sayana
  Gepunkteter Porzellankrebs
• Porcellana sigsbeiana
• Porcellana stimpsoni

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Porcellana habei
  Habei Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-09-29 14:33:30 

Last edit:

2025-08-19 13:14:48 

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