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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Flat Porcelain Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Petrolisthes granulosus
- Petrolisthes eriomerus
- Petrolisthes elongatus
- Petrolisthes cabrilloi
- Petrolisthes manimaculis
- Petrolisthes laevigatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Porcellanidae
- Genus
- Petrolisthes
- Species
- Petrolisthes cinctipes
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