Biology:Northern smooth shore crab
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Short description: Species of crab
| Northern smooth shore crab | |
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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: | Varunidae |
| Genus: | Cyclograpsus |
| Species: | C. insularum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclograpsus insularum Campbell & Griffin, 1966
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The 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7059282 entry
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