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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Lithodidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 836014 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Lithodes rachelae Ahyong, 2010 |
CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | Distribution map: |
Family: | Lithodidae (king crabs) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a king crab] | |
Recent Synonyms: | Lithodes longispina | |
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
28 836900
Lithodes spp. | |
Organism Type: | a king crab |
Taxon Notes: | This species has previously been mis-identified as the northern Pacific species Lithodes longispina, see Ahyong, 2010. | ||||
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Ahyong, S.T., 2010. King crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 123: 1-194. |