Flattop Crab

Petrolisthes eriomerus

• Group: Crab

This flat bodied porcelain crab packs under rocks in the low intertidal and shallow subtidal, often crowded together with many of its own kind. Young settlers gather among the adults rather than dispersing alone.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 431847.