For other uses of "red rock crab", see Red rock crab (disambiguation).
Guinusia chabrus
Scientific 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
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
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]
^ abPeter 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.
^"Plagusia chabrus, red rock crab, (Plagusia capensis)". SeaFriends. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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