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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Arthropoda (phylum)
» Malacostraca (class)
» Decapoda (order)
» Munididae (family)
CAAB Code :
28 840026
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Munida andamanica
Alcock, 1894
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
28 -
Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family :
28 840 Munididae (squat lobsters) - show full list
Common Name : [a squat lobster]
Organism Type : a squat lobster
Synonyms :
Munida curvirostris
Taxon lists :
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
28 840901
Munida spp.
Distribution map :
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Taxon Notes :Australian material was previously mis-identified as the closely related M. curvirostris (see Baba, 2005).
Identifiers :
Images :
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03861
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200510_172_017 Survey: SS200510 [details ] Date: 30-January-2006 Position: -21.0067° 114.381° Depth: 408 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03862
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200510_172_017 Survey: SS200510 [details ] Date: 30-January-2006 Position: -21.0067° 114.381° Depth: 408 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03863
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200510_172_017 Survey: SS200510 [details ] Date: 30-January-2006 Position: -21.0067° 114.381° Depth: 408 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03864
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_028_022 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 13-June-2007 Position: -19.7258° 115.343° Depth: 427.8 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03865
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_028_022 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 13-June-2007 Position: -19.7258° 115.343° Depth: 427.8 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03866
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_028_022 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 13-June-2007 Position: -19.7258° 115.343° Depth: 427.8 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03867
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_064_025 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 17-June-2007 Position: -17.5174° 118.853° Depth: 405.5 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03868
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_064_025 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 17-June-2007 Position: -17.5174° 118.853° Depth: 405.5 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-03869
CSIRO Specimen Reference: SS200705_064_025 Survey: SS200705 [details ] Date: 17-June-2007 Position: -17.5174° 118.853° Depth: 405.5 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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 :
Baba, K., 2005. Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indo-Pacific, with a list of species., Galathea Report , Vol. 20: 1-317.