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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Macrophthalmidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 964012 | ||
Scientific Name and Authority: | Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) pacificus Dana, 1851 | ||
CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca | ||
Family: | Macrophthalmidae (crabs) - show full list | ||
Common Name: | [a sentinel crab] | ||
Organism Type: | a sentinel crab | ||
Identifiers: |
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Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | ||
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | ||
Record source: | Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp. | ||
Scientific Name verified against: | Davie, P.J.F., 2012. A review of Macrophthalmus sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Macrophthalmidae) from Australia, including two new species and new records., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, Vol. 56(1): 149-219. |
Record details
Record entered on 20-Oct-2008 11:25 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Record modified on 30-Aug-2012 17:35 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update reference
Modification history:
20-OCT-2008: created (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
30-AUG-2012: update reference (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
Record modified on 30-Aug-2012 17:35 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update reference
Modification history:
20-OCT-2008: created (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
30-AUG-2012: update reference (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)