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Flat Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes cinctipes)

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Petrolisthes cinctipes
Morro Bay, 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Porcellanidae
Genus: Petrolisthes
Species:
P. cinctipes
Binomial name
Petrolisthes cinctipes

Petrolisthes cinctipes is a species of marine porcelain crab found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from British Columbia to Mexico.[1] This species was first described by John Witt Randall in 1840.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Russo, Ron; Olhausen, Pam (1981). Pacific Intertidal Life: A guide to organisms of rocky reefs and tide pools of the Pacific Coast. AdventureKEEN. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-912550-32-9.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Petrolisthes cinctipes (Randall, 1840)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-18.