Neopetrolisthes maculatus explained

Neopetrolisthes maculatus is a species of porcelain crab from the Indo-Pacific region.[1] It is a small, colourful crustacean with a porcelain-like shell. This porcelain crab is usually found within the stinging tentacles of a number of sea anemone species.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Masayuki Osawa . Patsy A. McLaughlin . amp . 2010 . Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part II – Porcellanidae . The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 23 . 109–129 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302185947/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz109-129.pdf . 2012-03-02.
  2. Masayuki Osawa . 2012 . Neopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) . 217271 . November 24, 2012.
  3. Book: The evolution of mating systems in decapod crustaceans . Akira Asakura . 2002 . Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics . Joel W. Martin. Keith A. Crandall. Darryl L. Felder. Keith A. Crandall . 121–182 . . 978-1-4200-9258-5 . http://decapoda.arthroinfo.org/pdfs/30942/30942.pdf .