Pachycheles rudis
Species of crab
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Pachycheles rudis, the thickclaw porcelain crab or big-clawed porcelain crab, is a species of porcelain crab in the family Porcellanidae. It is found on the coast of the East Pacific from Baja California to Kodiak, Alaska. [1][2][3] It is a filter feeder and may be found in "crevices, nooks, and interstices, and is often at home in the discarded and Alcyonidium-lined shells of barnacles."[4]
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| Pachycheles rudis | |
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| Male Pachycheles rudis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Porcellanidae |
| Genus: | Pachycheles |
| Species: | P. rudis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachycheles rudis Stimpson, 1859 | |
