Biology:Pinnotheres atrinicola
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Short description: Species of crab
| Pinnotheres atrinicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Genus: | Pinnotheres |
| Species: | P. atrinicola
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| Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983
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Pinnotheres atrinicola is a small crab that lives symbiotically in the horse mussel Atrina zelandica around New Zealand. This species was recognised as being distinct from Pinnotheres novaezelandiae in 1983.[1]
References
- ↑ Roderic D. M. Page (1983). "Description of a new species of Pinnotheres and redescription of P. novaezelandiae (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10 (2): 151–162. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/639486/NZJ/0301-4223.10.151.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7196367 entry
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