Tunnelling mud crab
Species of crab
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The tunnelling mud crab, Austrohelice crassa, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Varunidae, endemic to the sea coasts of New Zealand. Their carapace width is up to 40 mm.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Varunidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyclograpsinae |
| Genus: | Austrohelice K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006 [1] |
| Species: | A. crassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrohelice crassa (Dana, 1851) | |
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