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Green Porcelain Crab

Petrolisthes armatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 12, February 11, March 13, April 25, May 15, June 7, July 7, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 11, December 11.
United States830
Texas136
South Carolina90
Georgia86
North Carolina54
Brazil24
Mississippi14
Louisiana13
Alabama10
Espirito Santo10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyPorcelain Crabs · Porcellanidae
GenusPetrolisthes

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