Object: Horse mussel pea crab, Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983; holotype
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Registration Number  CR.003021
Phylum  Arthropoda
Class  Malacostraca
Order  Decapoda
Family  Pinnotheridae
Scientific NameType Status
Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983holotype
Common / Maori name  horse mussel pea crab, pea crab, mussel crab
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island
Precise locality  Whangarei Harbour, off High Island
Collected By  Dobson, B, Miles, E, Turbott, C, Worthington, Craig
Date collected  13 May 1982
Habitat  in Atrina zelandica
Section  Crustacea

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