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Broad-clawed porcelain crab

Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777)

AnimalsHermit crabs, Galathea crabs, Porcelain crabs... (Anomoures )

Petit crabe qui mesure jusqu'à 1,5 cm de long: - carapace arrondie, - 2 longues antennes de couleur rouge et jaune, - 2 pinces larges aplaties garnies de plumeaux épais.

Possible confusions

Porcelaine à longues pinces, Pisidia longicornis : ses pinces sont plus longues, plus minces et dépourvues de soies.

Biotope / Habitat

Estran rocheux, sous les pierres, sur des petits fonds

Distribution

Atlantique, Manche et mer du Nord, Méditerranée.

Distribution map

Geographic areas (BioObs)

Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern MediterraneanNorth-East AtlanticChannel & NorthCanary Islands

Observation type

Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline

Other common names

Graues PorzellankrebschenGerman (Germany)
Cangrejo de porcelana peludoEuropean Spanish
Porcellane griseFrench (France)
Porcelaine griseFrench (France)
Porcellane poilueFrench (France)
Granchio porcellanaItalian (Italy)
PorselenskrabbeNorwegian Bokmål (Norway)
Harig porceleinkrabbetjeDutch (Netherlands)
Caranguejo de porcelana peludoEuropean Portuguese

Other invalid scientific names

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Sources

ZIEMSKI Frédéric, PROUZET Anne in : DORIS, 17/09/2014 : Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777)
WEINBERG S., 2010, Découvrir l'Atlantique, la Manche et la mer du Nord, édition GAP.

How to cite this BioObs sheet?

BioObs, 24/03/2020 : Porcellana platycheles (Pennant, 1777), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/992

Modification history

Created by Eric Nozérac on 22/03/2020

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