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title: "Flat Porcelain Crab"
description: "Petrolisthes cinctipes — Inne zwierzęta. Petrolisthes cinctipes, commonly known as the flat porcelain crab, is an abundant species of marine porcelain crab found in the upper and middle intertidal, primarily in mussel beds, along the eastern Pacific Ocean, from British Columbia to Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/flat-porcelain-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flat Porcelain Crab

> Petrolisthes cinctipes — Inne zwierzęta. Petrolisthes cinctipes, commonly known as the flat porcelain crab, is an abundant species of marine porcelain crab found in the upper and middle intertidal, primarily in mussel beds, along the eastern Pacific Ocean, from British Columbia to Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Petrolisthes cinctipes*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2267
- Wikidata: [Q4470784](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4470784)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53620](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53620)

## Names

- en: Flat Porcelain Crab

## Countries with the most observations

US (1636), CA (435)

## Summary

Petrolisthes cinctipes, commonly known as the flat porcelain crab, is an abundant species of marine porcelain crab found in the upper and middle intertidal, primarily in mussel beds, along the eastern Pacific Ocean, from British Columbia to Mexico. This species was first described by John Witt Randall in 1840.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolisthes_cinctipes

## Photo

![Flat Porcelain Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flat-porcelain-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Shane Johnson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167646758

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flat-porcelain-crab?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).