Stalk-eyed mud crab | |
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Stalk-eyed mud crab at Manukau Harbour in Auckland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
Genus: | Macrophthalmus |
Species: | M. hirtipes
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Binomial name | |
Macrophthalmus hirtipes | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The stalk-eyed mud crab, Macrophthalmus hirtipes, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Macrophthalmidae, endemic to New Zealand including Campbell Island. [2] It grows to around 30 millimetres (1.2 in) shell width. [2] It is either the only species in the subgenus Hemiplax [3] and the most basal species in the genus Macrophthalmus, or the only species in the sister genus Hemiplax. [4]
Stalk-eyed mud crab | |
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Stalk-eyed mud crab at Manukau Harbour in Auckland | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
Genus: | Macrophthalmus |
Species: | M. hirtipes
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Binomial name | |
Macrophthalmus hirtipes | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The stalk-eyed mud crab, Macrophthalmus hirtipes, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Macrophthalmidae, endemic to New Zealand including Campbell Island. [2] It grows to around 30 millimetres (1.2 in) shell width. [2] It is either the only species in the subgenus Hemiplax [3] and the most basal species in the genus Macrophthalmus, or the only species in the sister genus Hemiplax. [4]