Tunnelling mud crab

The tunnelling mud crab, Austrohelice crassa, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, endemic to the sea coasts of New Zealand. Their carapace width is up to 40 mm.[2]

Tunnelling mud crab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Subfamily: Cyclograpsinae
Genus: Austrohelice
K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006 [1]
Species:
A. crassa
Binomial name
Austrohelice crassa
(Dana, 1851)
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