Petrolisthes armatus Green porcelain crab

Petrolisthes armatus is commonly referred to as Green porcelain crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 60 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6125 

AphiaID:

396707 

Scientific:

Petrolisthes armatus 

German:

Porzellankrabbe 

English:

Green Porcelain Crab 

Category:

Anomura 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Petrolisthes (Genus) > armatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gibbes, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Brazil, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Invasive Species, North Atlantic Ocean, Peru, South-Africa, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.79" (2 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carrion, Clam meat, Filter feeder, Flakes, Food tablets, Frozen Food (large sort), Frozen food (small sorts), omnivore, Sediment feeder 

Tank:

13.2 gal (~ 60L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Petrolisthes amoenus
• 
  Petrolisthes armatus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes cabrilloi
  Cabrillo Porzellankrebse
• Petrolisthes cessacii
• 
  Petrolisthes cinctipes
  Flacher Porzellankrebs
• Petrolisthes coccineus
• 
  Petrolisthes eriomerus
  Flattop Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes galathinus
  Gebänderter Porzellankrebs
• Petrolisthes jugosus
• 
  Petrolisthes manimaculis
  Schokoladen Porzellan-Krebs
• Petrolisthes politus
• Petrolisthes rathbunae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Petrolisthes aegyptiacus
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes bolivarensis
  Bolivien-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes caribensis
  Karibik Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes coeruleus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes desmarestii
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes edwardsii
  Edwards Porzellankrebs, Blauer Porzellankrebs, Violetter Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes elongatus
  Blauer Porzellankrebs, Neuseeland Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes fimbriatus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes japonicus
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes lamarckii
  Lamarck's Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes militaris
  Soldaten-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes monodi
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes novaezelandiae
  Roter Neuseeland-Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes paulayi
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes pubescens
  Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes rosariensis
  Porzellankrebs
• 
  Petrolisthes sp. Ost-Atlantik
  Ostatlantik-Porzellankrabbe
• 
  Petrolisthes tomentosus
  Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-01 00:27:40 

Last edit:

2022-02-04 13:01:54 

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