CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Chirostylidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 842019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Uroptychus empheres Ahyong & Poore, 2004
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family:	28 842 Chirostylidae (squat lobsters) - show full list
Common Name:	[a squat lobster]
Organism Type:	a squat lobster
Synonyms:	Uroptychus australis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	28 842901 Uroptychus spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This species has been confused with Uroptychus australis in the past.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6d33dde0-0b2b-46cb-a7f9-fa2c4b94c81e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Museum of Victoria	5600
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:388539 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Ahyong, S.T., Poore, G.C.B., 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)., Zootaxa, Vol. 436: 1-88.
Scientific Name verified against:	Schnabel, K.E., 2020. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Chirostyloidea)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 132: 1-351.

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