Pseudocarcinus

{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2024}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Miocene - Recent

| image = J J Wild Pseudocarcinus cropped 2.jpg

| image_caption = Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)

| taxon = Pseudocarcinus

| authority = H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Pseudocarcinus gigas (Tasmanian giant crab)
• †Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri

}}

Pseudocarcinus is a genus of crab that contains two species, an extant species Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) and the fossil species Pseudocarcinus karlraubenheimeri from the Miocene of New Zealand.{{Cite journal|last1=van Bakel |first1=B. W. M. |last2=Ossó |first2=À. |year=2024 |title=A new 'Southern Giant Crab' from a Miocene continental slope palaeoenvironment at Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1080/00288306.2024.2314472 |doi-access=free }}