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CAAB Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	28 964012 show as JSON
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:	World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444956    Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-05 View at WoRMS    - View potential occurrences at OBIS
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
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.