Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Macrophthalmus hirtipes | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura Rank Species | |
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Similar Tunnelling mud crab, Hemigrapsus crenulatus, Macrophthalmus, Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, Profilicollis | ||
The stalk-eyed mud crab, Macrophthalmus hirtipes, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Macrophthalmidae, endemic to New Zealand including Campbell Island. It grows to around 30 millimetres (1.2 in) shell width. It is either the only species in the subgenus Hemiplax and the most basal species in the genus Macrophthalmus, or the only species in the sister genus Hemiplax.
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