Porcelain crabs are decapod crustaceans in the family Porcellanidae, which superficially resemble true crabs despite not being one. They have flattened bodies adapted for living in rock crevices, are delicate and readily lose limbs when attacked, and use their large claws mainly to maintain territories. The family first appeared in the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic epoch, roughly 145 to 152 million years ago.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Decapoda, Taxa Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Porcellanidae
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Porcelain crab
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Porcelain crab
WikipediaBiogeography and ecology
They feed by combing plankton and other organic particles from the water using long setae (feathery hair- or bristle-like structures) on the mouthparts.
Infobox: taxon
Porcellanidae
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1435521, descriptionView the Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Porcellanidae
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Decapoda, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Taxon record
"order": "Decapoda"
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