Petrolisthes laevigatus

Tags: Crustacean.

Petrolisthes laevigatus is a species of porcelain crab found in Chile and Peru. Its carapace width is up to 2.5 cm. P. laevigatus lives under rocks in the middle and lower intertidal area. It feeds by filtering zooplankton.

binomial authority: Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
class: Malacostraca
family: Porcelain crab
genus: Petrolisthes
kingdom: Animal
order: Decapoda, Anomura
phylum: Arthropod, Crustacean

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