Tasmanian giant crab
| Tasmanian giant crab | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Menippidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocarcinus |
| Species: | P. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocarcinus gigas (Lamarck, 1818) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cancer gigas Lamarck, 1818 | |
The Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), also known as the Tasmanian king crab, giant deepwater crab, giant southern crab, queen crab, or bullcrab, is a very large species of crab that resides on rocky and muddy bottoms in the oceans off Southern Australia. It is the only extant species in the genus Pseudocarcinus.