Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Spotted Porcelain Crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Spotted Porcelain Crab
Also known as: Red-Spotted Porcelain Crab, Porcelain Anemone Crab
Category: Porcelain Crabs
Scientific Name: Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Synonyms: petrolisthes maculata, Neopetrolisthes oshimai
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (3.5 cm)  
Depth: 5-75 ft. (2-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Porcellanidae (Family)
          └Neopetrolisthes (Genus)
           └N. maculatus (Species)

Crustaceans
Porcelain Crabs

Spotted Porcelain Crab

Haig's Porcelain Crab

Three-Lobed Porcelain Crab

Aliaporcellana spongicola



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