| Northern smooth shore crab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Varunidae |
| Genus: | Cyclograpsus |
| Species: | C. insularum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclograpsus insularum Campbell & Griffin, 1966 | |
The northern smooth shore crab (Cyclograpsus insularum) is a marine crab of the family Varunidae, found around Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands and in New Zealand from North Cape to East Cape. Their carapace width is up to 22 millimetres (0.87 in).
References
- ^ C. L. McLay (1988). "Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand". Leigh Laboratory Bulletin. 22. University of Auckland: 1–463.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cyclograpsus insularum | |
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