Object: Red rock crab, Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Registration Number  CR.009191
Phylum  Arthropoda
Class  Malacostraca
Order  Decapoda
Family  Plagusiidae
Scientific Name
Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common / Maori name  red rock crab, paapaka
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island
Precise locality  Wairarapa, Castlepoint, below lighthouse, N side, below surface at ELWS
Collected By  Webber, Richard
Date collected  10 Mar 1993
Section  Crustacea

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