Pinnotheres atrinicola
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.[1]
| Pinnotheres atrinicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Genus: | Pinnotheres |
| Species: | P. atrinicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983 | |
References
- Roderic D. M. Page (1983). "Description of a new species of Pinnotheres and redescription of P. novaezelandiae (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10 (2): 151–162.
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