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Long clawed porcelain crab
Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
AnimalsHermit crabs, Galathea crabs, Porcelain crabs... (Anomoures )
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern MediterraneanNorth-East AtlanticChannel & North
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline
Other common names
- Minute porcelain crab British English
- Ventilating crabBritish English
- Crabe porcelaine à longues pincesFrench (France)
- Pisidie à longues antennesFrench (France)
- Pisidie longicorneFrench (France)
- Porcelaine à longues cornesFrench (France)
- Porcellane à longues pincesFrench (France)
- Porcellane lisseFrench (France)
- Porcellane noireFrench (France)
- Porcellane petit poisFrench (France)
- PorselenskrabbeNorwegian Bokmål (Norway)
- PorseleinkrabDutch (Netherlands)
- PorseleinkrabbetjeDutch (Netherlands)
Other invalid scientific names
- Cancer hexapus
- Cancer longirostris
- Pisidia linnaeana
- Porcellana acanthocheles
- Porcellana longicornis
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Sources
- ZIEMSKI Frédéric, NOËL Pierre in : DORIS, 08/04/2018 : Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1878
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/656
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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