''Pseudocarcinus'' is a genus of

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...

that contains two species, an extant species

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 ...

(''Pseudocarcinus gigas'') and the fossil species '' Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri'' from the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

of New Zealand.

References

Eriphioidea Animal genera with one living species Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards Decapod genera {{Eriphioidea-stub