Ozius truncatus
Encyclopedia
Ozius truncatus, or the black finger crab or reef crab, is a crab
of the family
Menippidae
, endemic to south eastern Australia
and the North Island
of New Zealand
.
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Menippidae
Menippidae
Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.-Genera:*Menippe De Haan, 1833*Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 1879*Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834*Ruppellioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1867*Sphaerozius Stimpson, 1858...
, endemic to south eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.