- Cyclograpsus lavauxi
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Cyclograpsus lavauxi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Varunidae Genus: Cyclograpsus Species: C. lavauxi Binomial name Cyclograpsus lavauxi
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)The smooth shore crab, Cyclograpsus lavauxi, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Varunidae (formerly in Grapsidae), found in New Zealand and the Juan Fernández Islands of Chile.[1] The carapace width is up to 28 millimetres (1.1 in).[1]
References
- ^ a b C. L. McLay (1988). "Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand". Leigh Laboratory Bulletin (University of Auckland) 22: 1–463. http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/3450.
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