Pachycheles rudis

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]

Pachycheles rudis
Male Pachycheles rudis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Porcellanidae
Genus:	Pachycheles
Species:	P. rudis
Binomial name
Pachycheles rudis Stimpson, 1859