Pinnotheres | |
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Pinnotheres pisum ♂ | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pinnotheridae |
Genus: | Pinnotheres Bosc, 1802 |
Synonyms [1] | |
PinnozoeaAikawa, 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]