Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Petrolisthes glasselli
cangrejo porcelana de Glassell, Glassell porcelain crab
Caparace width to 5-12 mm.
Subtidal asosiated to coral and under rocks near corals reef.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Galatheoidea
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Petrolisthes
Species
glasselli
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf to California to Colombia and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands in Española, Genovesa, Isabela y Bartolomé)
- 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.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Petrolisthes glasselli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8445. Accessed 1 November 2026.