''Pinnotheres atrinicola'' is a small
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
that lives
symbiotically in the horse mussel ''
Atrina zelandica
''Atrina zelandica'', one of several species known as the horse mussel, is a large species of saltwater clam in the family Pinnidae, the pen shells. This species is found around New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island cou ...
'' around
New Zealand. This species was recognised as being distinct from ''
Pinnotheres novaezelandiae'' in 1983.
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Holotype*
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Marine crustaceans of New Zealand
Pinnotheroidea
Crustaceans described in 1983
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