Pinnotheres

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Order:Decapoda
Suborder:Pleocyemata
Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres pisum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Pinnotheres
Bosc, 1802
Synonyms [1]

Pinnozoea Aikawa, 1933

Pinnotheres is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly P. ostreus), the oyster crab[2] and Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (formerly P. novaezelandiae), the New Zealand pea crab.[3] The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:[1]

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