Petrolisthes boscii Bosc Porcelain Crab

Petrolisthes boscii is commonly referred to as Bosc 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.

Profile

lexID:

18362 

AphiaID:

210107 

Scientific:

Petrolisthes boscii 

German:

Bosc Porzellankrebs 

English:

Bosc Porcelain Crab 

Category:

Kraby porcelanowe 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > boscii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Audouin, ), 1826 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Kuwait, Arabian Sea, Australia, China, Corea, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Philippines, Red Sea, Taiwan, Thailand 

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:

0,5 - 18,3 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools, Under rocks 

Size:

1,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Petrolisthes amoenus
  Bezaubernder Porzellankrabs
• 
  Petrolisthes armatus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes cabrilloi
  Cabrillo Porzellankrebse
• 
  Petrolisthes cinctipes
  Flacher Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes coccineus
  Roter Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes eriomerus
  Flattop Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes galathinus
  Gebänderter Porzellankrebs
• Petrolisthes jugosus
• 
  Petrolisthes manimaculis
  Schokoladen Porzellan-Krebs
• Petrolisthes politus
• Petrolisthes rathbunae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Petrolisthes aegyptiacus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes bolivarensis
  Bolivien-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes boscii
  Bosc Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes caribensis
  Karibik Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes coeruleus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes desmarestii
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes edwardsii
  Edwards Porzellankrebs, Blauer Porzellankrebs, Violetter Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes elongatus
  Blauer Porzellankrebs, Neuseeland Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes fimbriatus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes japonicus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes lamarckii
  Lamarck's Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes militaris
  Soldaten-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes monodi
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes novaezelandiae
  Roter Neuseeland-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes paulayi
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes pubescens
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes rosariensis
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes sp. Ost-Atlantik
  Ostatlantik-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes tomentosus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes violaceus
  Violettfarbener Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-05-20 20:15:37 

Last edit:

2026-05-20 20:18:46 

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