Petrolisthes pubescens Hairy porcelain crab

Petrolisthes pubescens is commonly referred to as Hairy 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.

Philippe & Guido T. Poppe, Philippinen

Petrolisthes pubescens; ©2010 Guido & Philippe Poppe - www.poppe-images.com

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Scientific:: Petrolisthes pubescens
German:: Porzellankrabbe
English:: Hairy Porcelain Crab

Category:: Kraby porcelanowe

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > pubescens (Species)
Initial determination:: Stimpson, 1858

Occurrence:: Australia, Caroline Island, Cebu ((Philippines), French Polynesia, Guam, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moluccas, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Northern Mariana Islands, Okinawa, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Taiwan
Size:: 0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm)
Temperature:: ~ 77 °F (25°C)
Food:: Carrion, omnivore
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

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:: 2016-01-14 21:16:13
Last edit:: 2016-01-14 21:16:13

Info

Stimpson, 1858

Very special thanky for the first photo of Petrolisthes pubescens to Guido and Philippe Poppe, Cebu, Philippines.

Hairy porcelain crab is found on or under rocks, rubble and corals.

Colour:
Petrolisthes pubescens has a marbled red and brown or light grey carapace, its legs have light and dark bands, the claws have brown hair, its antennae and eyes are also brown.

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 pubescens (Species)

External links

Homepage Guido and Philippe Poppe (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Peer Into Your World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Petrolisthes pubescens; ©2010 Guido & Philippe Poppe - www.poppe-images.com

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