Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Pinnotheres atrinicola | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura Rank Species | |
Similar New Zealand pea crab, Pinnixa chaetopterana, Pinnixa faba, Pinnotheres, Pinnotheridae | ||
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.
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