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Tunnelling mud crab
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Scientific classification
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Suborder:
Pleocyemata
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Family:
Varunidae
Genus:
Austrohelice

K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006 
Species:
A. crassa
Binomial name
Austrohelice crassa
(Dana, 1851)
Synonyms

The tunnelling mud crab, Austrohelice crassa, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, endemic to the sea coasts of New Zealand. Their carapace width is up to 40 mm.

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