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Elongated Porcelain Crab

Petrolisthes elongatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 50, February 38, March 19, April 86, May 37, June 35, July 34, August 14, September 15, October 37, November 44, December 55.
New Zealand464
Canterbury Region127
Wellington Region90
Auckland Region84
Australia81
Tasmania77
Otago Region30
Marlborough Region30
Southland Region28
Taranaki Region27

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Elongated Porcelain Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.