Pseudocarcinus

Pseudocarcinus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Pseudocarcinoidea
Ng & Davie, 2020
Family: Pseudocarcinidae
Ng & Davie, 2020
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. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.