Porcelain crab

Latin: Pisidia longicornis
Size:
Shell length of up to 10 mm.
Levested:
Found between smaller rocks and in clusters with mussels and o-shells in shallow water, but has been found down to 100 meters.
Distribution:
From the Canary Islands, into the Mediterranean and north to the Trondheimsfjord in Norway.
Food:
Filter feeder, eats particulate organic matter, pelagic eggs, microalgae, etc.
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