Pseudocarcinus

Pseudocarcinus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Menippidae
Genus:
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.[1]

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.
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