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Pseudocarcinus

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Pseudocarcinus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Menippidae
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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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:10.1080/00288306.2024.2314472.1-12&rft.date=2024&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/00288306.2024.2314472&rft.aulast=van Bakel&rft.aufirst=B. W. M.&rft.au=Ossó, À.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00288306.2024.2314472&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Pseudocarcinus" class="Z3988">