Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pachycheles biocellatus
cangrejo porcelana pardo, Brown porcelain crab
Caparace width 4-8 mm.
Intertidal and Subtidal to 26 m, asociated to corals and sponge.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Galatheoidea
Family
Porcellanidae
Genus
Pachycheles
Species
biocellatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Petrolisthes gibbosicarpus Lockington, 1878, Pisosoma aphrodita Boone, 1932, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Panamic, Cortez, Gulf to California to Ecuador incluiding Galapagos Islands in Santiago, Española, Genovesa, Isabela, Bartolomé, 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.
- 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, Pachycheles biocellatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8449. Accessed 4 November 2026.