Cabrillo Porcelain Crab

Petrolisthes cabrilloi

• Group: Crab

A small porcelain crab abundant in intertidal mussel beds, where it filters food from the water with feathery mouthparts as an adult. It feeds at night and tolerates sand and muddy water better than its close relatives.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Porcellanidae › Petrolisthes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 431840.