Porcelain crab
AliaporcellanaCapilliporcellanaClastotoechusEuceramusEnosteoidesEulenaiosLissoporcellanaMegalobrachuiumMinyocerusNeopetrolisthesNeopisomaPachychelesParapetrolisthesPetrolisthesPisidiaPolyonyxPorcellanaPorcellanellaPseudoporcellanellaRaphidopusUlloaia
Porcelain crabs are decapod crustaceans in the family Porcellanidae, which superficially resemble true crabs. They are a good example of carcinization, whereby a non-crab-like animal (in this case a relative of a squat lobster) evolves into an animal that only a specialist would know is not a true crab. They live in all the world's oceans, except the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic.
References Porcelain crab info from crustacea.net
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