Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Museums

Regional Maps

Species Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (Jacquinot, 1846)

Pie-crust Crab

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

South-west Pacific Ocean.

Introduced from New Zealand.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, burrower, low intertidal, sand bottom, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones and among large seaweeds, will open cockle and oyster shells.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)