Specimen J 44703.5 Our Wondrous Planet, Reef: Dry Specimen - Red Rock Crab, Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Taxon Name

  Plagusia chabrus

• Author and date of publication

  (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Preferred Common name

  Red Rock Crab

• Other Common Names

  Cleft-fronted Shore Crab

• Identified By

  Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  6

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Dry, Fixative treatment: painted; Form: Dry

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Pleocyemata

• Infraorder

  Brachyura

• Superfamily

  Grapsoidea

• Family

  Plagusiidae

• Genus

  Plagusia

• Species Name

  chabrus