Donna Pomeroy, USA
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Pachycheles rudis Stimpson, 1859
Pachycheles rudis are often found in male-female pairs in holes.This species is commonly known as Thickclaw Porcelain Crab has thick chelae of unequal size . Colour is dull brown, often mottled with gray.
This porcelain crab is sometimes parasitized by the bopyrid isopod Aporobopyrus muguensis (reduces fecundity by about 50%).
Porcellanid crabs are filter feeders.
Synonymised names:
Pachycheles rudis Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Pachycheles rudis are often found in male-female pairs in holes.This species is commonly known as Thickclaw Porcelain Crab has thick chelae of unequal size . Colour is dull brown, often mottled with gray.
This porcelain crab is sometimes parasitized by the bopyrid isopod Aporobopyrus muguensis (reduces fecundity by about 50%).
Porcellanid crabs are filter feeders.
Synonymised names:
Pachycheles rudis Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
