Porcellanella triloba Three-Lobed Porcelain Crab, Sea Pen Porcelain Crab, Polka-dotted Porcelain Crab

Porcellanella triloba is commonly referred to as Three-Lobed Porcelain Crab, Sea Pen Porcelain Crab, Polka-dotted Porcelain Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3547 

AphiaID:

210641 

Scientific:

Porcellanella triloba 

German:

Seefeder-Porzellankrebs 

English:

Three-Lobed Porcelain Crab, Sea Pen Porcelain Crab, Polka-dotted Porcelain Crab 

Category:

Anomura (eremiter, porslinskrabbor, trollhumrar etc.) 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Porcellanidae (Family) > Porcellanella (Genus) > triloba (Species) 

Initial determination:

White, 1851 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, Bali, Banda Sea, China, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Singapore, Taiwan, Tansania, Tulamben, Western Pacific Ocean, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

6 - 72 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Dustfood , Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Porcellanella haigae
  Haigs Porzellankrebs, Seefeder-Garnele
• 
  Porcellanella triloba
  Seefeder-Porzellankrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-09 19:46:08 

Last edit:

2024-05-07 19:58:44 

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