Guinusia chabrus

For other uses of "red rock crab", see Red rock crab (disambiguation).

Guinusia chabrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Plagusiidae
Genus: Guinusia
Species:
G. chabrus
Binomial name
Guinusia chabrus
Synonyms
  • Cancer chabrus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cancer velutinus Linnaeus, 1764
  • Grapsus capensis De Haan, 1835
  • Plagusia capensis (De Haan, 1835)
  • Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Plagusia tomentosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Plagusia spinosa MacLeay, 1838
  • Plagusia gaimardi H. Milne-Edwards, 1853

The red rock crab, Guinusia chabrus, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae.[1] It is found in the southern Indian and southern Pacific Oceans, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Chile.[2]

  1. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  2. ^ "Plagusia chabrus, red rock crab, (Plagusia capensis)". SeaFriends. Retrieved June 5, 2009.