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flat porcelain crab

Petrolisthes cinctipes

Classification

Petrolisthes cinctipes, commonly known as the flat porcelain crab, is an abundant species of marine porcelain crab found in the upper and middle intertidal, primarily in mussel beds, along the eastern Pacific Ocean, from British Columbia to Mexico. This species was first described by John Witt Randall in 1840. Description P.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 812Canada · 246