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Porcellanella triloba in Virgularia If someone has an idea what they can be it will be very welcome! :-)<br /> Seen during a night dive.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/98124/porcellanella_triloba.html" title="Porcellanella triloba"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2298/98124_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ZepFTj7edBJ4xVijHOenC1iaMW4%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Porcellanella triloba https://www.jungledragon.com/image/98123/unidentified_crabs_in_virgularia.html Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Porcellanella triloba" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Porcellanella triloba Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Porcellanella triloba in Virgularia

If someone has an idea what they can be it will be very welcome! :-)
Seen during a night dive.

Porcellanella triloba https://www.jungledragon.com/image/98123/unidentified_crabs_in_virgularia.html Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Porcellanella triloba

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Would you have a starting point, Marta, like a family maybe? Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Patomarazul's profile
      Patomarazul
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      That is my problem, I am not sure at any level :-D Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Maybe some kind of porcelain crab? Porcellanella triloba or similar?? Posted 5 years ago
        1. View Christine Young's profile
          Christine Young
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          Similar (minus the spots):
          https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=474843&view=species

          https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-porcelain-crab-on-seapen-porcellanella-triloba-anilao-south-china-14809565.html           Posted 5 years ago
          1. View Patomarazul's profile
            Patomarazul
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            Yes, I also thought of triloba but I am not sure yet because these seem to have an elongated snout (if I can call it this way :-D) Posted 5 years ago
            1. View Christine Young's profile
              Christine Young
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              Oh, yes - I see that now. Hmm. Posted 5 years ago
              1. View Patomarazul's profile
                Patomarazul
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                I will continue my search asking in some other forums, but you went right to my first assumption so maybe we are closer than we think :-) Posted 5 years ago
                1. View Christine Young's profile
                  Christine Young
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                  Hope you get an ID! My uneducated guess plus your educated guess is a good starting point ;). Posted 5 years ago
                  1. View Patomarazul's profile
                    Patomarazul
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                    Hopefully! but my guess is also very amateur and based on a lot of online searching and some good reef guides :-D Posted 5 years ago
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                      Patomarazul
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                      People in FB reached the same conclusion so I will then add it as Porcellanella triloba :-) Posted 5 years ago
                      1. View Christine Young's profile
                        Christine Young
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                        Nice! Posted 5 years ago

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The Porcellanella triloba

Porcellanella triloba is a species of Porcelain Crab from the family of Porcellanidae.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jul 18, 2020. Captured Oct 30, 2019 12:24 in Indonesia.
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  • TG-5
  • f/5.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 11.01mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.