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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 842011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sternostylus niwa   Schnabel, 2020
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 842 Sternostylidae (squat lobsters) - show full list Common Name: [a squat lobster] Organism Type: a squat lobster Synonyms: Gastroptychus hendersoni Sternostylus hendersoni Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 842905     Sternostylus spp.

Taxon Notes:	Australian material of this species was previously confused with Sternostylus hendersoni - the latter has been widely reported from the Indo-Pacific region but it is likely that more than species is currently included under this name. See Schnabel, 2020.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392023 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Ahyong, S.T., Poore, G.C.B., 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)., Zootaxa, Vol. 436: 1-88.
Scientific Name verified against:	Schnabel, K.E., 2020. The marine fauna of New Zealand. Squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Chirostyloidea)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 132: 1-351.