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Porcellana platycheles (broad-clawed porcelain crab)

Synonyms: Cancer platycheles; Porcellana paivacarvalhoi

Wikipedia Abstract

Porcellana platycheles, sometimes called the broad-clawed porcelain crab, is a species of porcelain crab. It may reach a size of 15 millimetres (0.59 in), and is found in the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is a filter-feeding crab and it feeds on carrion and other organic debris.
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Predators

Gadus morhua (rock cod)[1]
Scorpaena maderensis (Madeira rockfish)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding habits of the Madeira rockfish Scorpaena maderensis from central Mediterranean Sea, G. La Mesa, M. La Mesa, P. Tomassetti, Mar Biol (2007) 150:1313–1320
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0