Petrolisthes laevigatus

Taxobox
name = Petrolisthes laevigatus
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Malacostraca
subclassis = Crustacea
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Anomura
familia = Porcellanidae
genus = "Petrolisthes"
species = "P. laevigatus"
binomial = "Petrolisthes laevigatus"
binomial_authority =

"Petrolisthes laevigatus", is a species of porcelain crab found in Chile and Peru. Its carapace width is up to 2.5 cm. "P. laevigatus" lives under rocks in the middle and lower intertidal area. It feeds by filtering zooplankton.

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* "Marine invertebrates of southern Chile"