- Northern smooth shore crab
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Northern smooth shore crab Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Varunidae Genus: Cyclograpsus Species: C. insularum Binomial name Cyclograpsus insularum
Campbell & Griffin, 1966The 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
- ^ 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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