Petrolisthes cabrilloi, also known as the Cabrillo porcelain crab, is a species of porcelain crab. Native to the Pacific coast of North America, it was first described to science by Steve Glassell in 1945 from crabs collected in Anaheim Landing, California. Its range is believed to be from Morro Bay to Baja California. It is more common than its close cousin Petrolisthes cinctipes in waters south of Point Conception.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cabrillo 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 elongatus
- Petrolisthes eriomerus
- Petrolisthes manimaculis
- Petrolisthes armatus
- Petrolisthes cinctipes
- Petrolisthes granulosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Porcellanidae
- Genus
- Petrolisthes
- Species
- Petrolisthes cabrilloi
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