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Big hand crab
Heterozius rotundifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1867 (AM MA78852).jpg
Preserved specimen of Heterozius rotundifrons
Scientific classification
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Superfamily:
Bellioidea
Family:
Belliidae
Subfamily:
Heteroziinae

Števčić, 2005
Genus:
Heterozius

A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Species:
H. rotundifrons
Binomial name
Heterozius rotundifrons
A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Heterozius rotundifrons, or big hand crab, is a species of crab of the family Belliidae, endemic to New Zealand. The carapace width is up to 25 millimetres (1 in).

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