Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 28 842019 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Uroptychus empheres Ahyong & Poore, 2004
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
- Family
- 28 842 Chirostylidae (squat lobsters) - show full list
- Common Name
- [a squat lobster]
- Organism Type
- a squat lobster
- Synonyms
- Uroptychus australis
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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28 842901
Uroptychus spp.
- Taxon Notes
- This species has been confused with Uroptychus australis in the past.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6d33dde0-0b2b-46cb-a7f9-fa2c4b94c81e
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaMuseum of Victoria 5600
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:388539
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
- 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.