Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Petrolisthes tonsorius
cangrejo porcelana, Porcelain crab
Intertidal, under rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Galatheoidea
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Petrolisthes
Species
tonsorius
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Panamic, Cortez and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands in Española, Isabela, Bartolomé, San Cristobal, Floreana
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Harvey, W.A. (1991) Biogeographic Patterns of the Galápagos Porcelain Crab Fauna. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 157-172.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Petrolisthes tonsorius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12441. Accessed 4 November 2026.