Pseudocarcinus
| Pseudocarcinus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent | |
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| Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Pseudocarcinoidea Ng & Davie, 2020[1] |
| Family: | Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020 |
| Genus: | Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 |
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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.[2]
References
- ↑ Ng, P.K.L.; Davie, P.J.F. (2020). "A new family and superfamily for the southern giant crab of Australia, Pseudocarcinus gigas (Lamarck, 1818) (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 40 (5): 607–626. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa058.
- ↑ 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.