Tags: Crustacean.

Neopetrolisthes maculatus is a species of porcelain crab from the Indo-Pacific region. It is a small colourful crustacean with a porcelain-like shell. This porcelain crab is usually found within the stinging tentacles of a number of sea anemone species.

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binomial authority
Henri Milne-Edwards
class
Malacostraca
family
Porcelain crab
genus
Neopetrolisthes
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Anomura
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Neopetrolisthes ohshimai (Miyake 1937), *Petrolisthes ohshimai (Miyake 1937), *Porcellana maculata (H. Milne Edwards 1837)

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