Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis False Porcelain Crab

Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis is commonly referred to as False Porcelain Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 17234
AphiaID:: 410122

Scientific:: Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis
German:: Falscher Porzellankrebs
English:: False Porcelain Crab

Category:: Anomura (eremiter, porslinskrabbor, trollhumrar etc.)

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Pseudoporcellanella (Genus) > manoliensis (Species)
Initial determination:: Sankarankutty, 1962

Occurrence:: Cambodia, China, Gulf of Mannar , India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South China Sea, Thailand
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 3 - 6 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Estuaries (river mouths), Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds
Size:: 0.39" - 8.66" (1,7cm - 22cm)
Temperature:: 26,5 °F - 86 °F (26,5°C - 30°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis
Falscher Porzellankrebs

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-02-15 19:30:46
Last edit:: 2025-08-09 18:07:09

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Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis Sankarankutty, 1962

The family Porcellanidae is one of three taxa within the Anomura crustaceans that have a crab-like body shape. Members of the family Porcellanidae are widespread along the temperate and tropical coasts of the world, i.e., in the Indo-West Pacific, the East Pacific, the East Atlantic, and the West Atlantic. They occur from the coast to the continental shelf margins (

External links

Cambodian Journal of Natural History Volume 2011 Issue 2 (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2025.
iNaturalist Images (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2025.
iNaturalist Seite von caleidoskopable (multi). Abgerufen am 04.06.2025.
New record of Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis Sankarankutty, 1961 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae) from Indonesian waters (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2025.
On a new genus of Porcellanidae (Crustacea - Anomura), - Erstbeschreibung von Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis - (en). Abgerufen am 04.06.2025.
Rediscovery of rare Porcellanid crab Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis, Sankarankutty,1961 from Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu, India (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2025.
sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2025.

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