Pseudocarcinus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
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Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Menippidae |
Genus: | Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 |
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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]