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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 840204 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Galathea providentia   Laurie, 1926
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 840 Galatheidae (squat lobsters) - show full list Common Name: [a squat lobster] Organism Type: a squat lobster Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 840912     Galathea spp.

Taxon Notes:	Some previous records of this species may refer to the closely related G. ternatensis.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:832996 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-08-08 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Macpherson, E., Robainas-Barcia, A., 2015. Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 3913: 1-335. . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1