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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Arthropoda (phylum)
» Malacostraca (class)
» Decapoda (order)
» Chirostylidae (family)
CAAB Code :
28 842076
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Heteropthychus colini
Baba, 2018
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
28 -
Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-18874
CSIRO Specimen Reference: TAN0308-043-044 Survey: TAN0308 [details ] Date of image: 18-May-2003 14:48 Position: -26.4323° 167.181° Depth: 750 metresImage by : Karen Gowlett-HolmesLicence : CCBY 4.0Rights : CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Family :
28 842 Chirostylidae (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:
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Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
28 842906
Heteropthychus spp.
Previous Codes (if any) : 28 840103
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Images :
CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC)
Catalogue Number: MIIC-18874
CSIRO Specimen Reference: TAN0308-043-044 Survey: TAN0308 [details ] Date: 18-May-2003 Position: -26.4323° 167.181° Depth: 750 metres Credit: CSIRO - Karen Gowlett-Holmes Licence: CCBY 4.0
Record source :
Baba, K., 2018. Chirostylidae of the Western and Central Pacific: Uroptychus and a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)., Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle , Vol. 212. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, 30: 1-612.
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.