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Family:
28 821 Scyllaridae (shovel-nosed and slipper lobsters) - show full list
This species has previously been confused with T. orientalis, which is now regarded as not occurring in Australia. The species are very difficult to separate using morphological characters. See Burton & Davie (2007).
Identifiers:
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5f492e5e-a739-4614-844a-46983266c588
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Cleveland
K2042001
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382972
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Images:
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
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Burton, T.E., Davie, P.J.F., 2007. A revision of the shovel-nosed lobsters of the genus Thenus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae), with descriptions of three new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 1429: 1-38.