Pie crust crab

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Pie crust crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Cancridae
Genus: Metacarcinus
Species: M. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) [1]
Synonyms
  • Platycarcinus novaezelandiae
  • Cancer novaezelandiae

The pie crust crab, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (formerly Cancer novaezelandiae), is a species of crab found around New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.[2]

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