Tasmanian giant crab: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Tasmanian giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas

Where the Tasmanian giant crab lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 50 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See crabs, lobsters & shrimps on the world map

Scientific name	Pseudocarcinus gigas
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Pseudocarcinidae

Where does the Tasmanian giant crab live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tasmanian giant crab in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Tasmanian giant crab?

The Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Pseudocarcinidae, genus Pseudocarcinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tasmanian giant crab

The Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), also known as the Tasmanian king crab, giant deepwater crab, giant southern crab, queen crab, or bullcrab, is a very large species of crab that resides on rocky and muddy bottoms in the oceans off Southern Australia. It is the only extant species in the genus Pseudocarcinus, the family Pseudocarcinidae, and the superfamily Pseudocarcinoidea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tasmanian giant crab (revision 1381272519), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2707649 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).