Pie crust crab
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| Pie crust crab | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Genus: | Metacarcinus |
| Species: | M. novaezelandiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) [1] |
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The pie crust crab, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (formerly Cancer novaezelandiae), is a species of crab found around New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
- ^ "Species Register: Crabs". Woodbridge School, Tasmania. Retrieved December 29, 200.
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