Porcellana
Encyclopedia
Porcellana is a genus
of decapod
crustacean
s in the widespread family
Porcellanidae, the porcelain crab
s, which superficially resemble true crab
s. The genus Porcellana includes the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of decapod
Decapoda
The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. It is estimated that the order contains nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the widespread family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Porcellanidae, the porcelain crab
Porcelain crab
Porcelain crabs are decapod crustaceans in the widespread family Porcellanidae, which superficially resemble true crabs. They are typically less than wide, and have flattened bodies as an adaptation for living in rock crevices...
s, which superficially resemble true crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s. The genus Porcellana includes the following species:
- Porcellana africana Chace, 1956
- Porcellana cancrisocialis Glassell, 1936
- Porcellana caparti Chace, 1956
- Porcellana corbicola Haig, 1960
- Porcellana curvifrons Yang & Sun, 1990
- Porcellana elegans Chace, 1956
- Porcellana foresti Chace, 1956
- Porcellana habei Miyake, 1961
- Porcellana hancocki Glassell, 1938
- Porcellana lillyae Lemaitre & Campos, 2000
- Porcellana paguriconviva Glassell, 1936
- Porcellana persica Haig, 1966
- Porcellana platychelesPorcellana platychelesPorcellana platycheles, sometimes called the broad-clawed porcelain crab, is a species of porcelain crab. It may reach a size of , and is found in the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, where it feeds on carrion and other organic debris....
(Pennant, 1777) - Porcellana pulchra Stimpson, 1858
- Porcellana sayana (Leach, 1820)
- Porcellana sigsbeiana A. Milne-Edwards, 1880