Northern smooth shore crab

Northern smooth shore crab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1] Their carapace width is up to 22 millimetres (0.87 in).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b C. L. McLay (1988). "Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand". Leigh Laboratory Bulletin. 22. University of Auckland: 1–463.


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