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Genus of crabs

Pseudocarcinus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Menippidae
Genus: Pseudocarcinus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Species

Pseudocarcinus is a genus of crab that contains two species, an extant species Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) and the fossil species Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri from the Miocene of New Zealand.

References

  1. van Bakel, B. W. M.; Ossó, À. (2024). "A new 'Southern Giant Crab' from a Miocene continental slope palaeoenvironment at Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics: 1–12. doi:10.1080/00288306.2024.2314472.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudocarcinus
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