Pinnotheres atrinicola
Pinnotheres atrinicola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pinnotheridae |
Genus: | Pinnotheres |
Species: | P. atrinicola
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Binomial name | |
Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983
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Pinnotheres atrinicola is a small crab that lives symbiotically in the horse mussel Atrina zelandica around New Zealand. This species was recognised as being distinct from Pinnotheres novaezelandiae in 1983.[1]
References[]
- ^ Roderic D. M. Page (1983). "Description of a new species of Pinnotheres and redescription of P. novaezelandiae (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 151–162.
External links[]
- Holotype
Data related to Pinnotheres atrinicola at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
- Pinnotheroidea
- Crustaceans described in 1983
- Crab stubs