Heterozius

Heterozius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Bellioidea
Family: Belliidae
Subfamily: Heteroziinae
Števčić, 2005
Genus: Heterozius
A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Species: H. rotundifrons
Binomial name
Heterozius rotundifrons
A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Heterozius rotundifrons, or big hand crab, is a species of crab of the family Belliidae, endemic to New Zealand. The carapace width is up to 25 millimetres (1 in).

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