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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Axiidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 801020 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Spongiaxius brucei (Sakai, 1986) |
CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) |
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Family: | 28 801 Axiidae (slow prawns) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a slow prawn] | |
Organism Type: | a slow prawn | |
Synonyms: | Axiopsis brucei Austraxius brucei | |
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
28 801919
Spongiaxius spp. |
Previous Codes (if any): | 28 842001 | ||||
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Record source: | Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 551pp. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Poore, G.C.B. Collins, D.J., 2010. Parascytoleptus and Spongiaxius redefined with two new species from the southwestern Pacific (Decapoda, Axiidea, Axiidae)., Crustaceana Monographs, Vol. 014: 611-625. |