Petrolisthes cabrilloi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Porcellanidae |
Genus: | Petrolisthes |
Species: | P. cabrilloi
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Binomial name | |
Petrolisthes cabrilloi S.A. Glassell, 1945
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Petrolisthes cabrilloi, also known as the Cabrillo porcelain crab, is a species of crab.[1] Native to the Pacific coast of North America, it was first described to science by Steve Glassell in 1945.[2][3] Its range is believed to be from Morro Bay to Baja California.[4] It is more common than its close cousin Petrolisthes cinctipes in waters south of Point Conception.[4]