Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Petrolisthes armatus var. pallidus Verrill, 1908, Petrolisthes iheringi Ortmann, 1897, Petrolisthes similis Henderson, 1888, Porcellana gundlachii Guérin-Méneville, 1855, Porcellana leporina Heller, 1862 fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution: Panamic, Costez, Peruvian, Atlantic and Ecuador (Galapagos Island - El Eden)

• 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.