CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
28 852014 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Desmodromia tranterae   McLay, 2001
Rank
Species
CAAB category
28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family
28 852 Dromiidae (sponge crabs) - show full list
Common Name
[a sponge crab]
Organism Type
a sponge crab
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
28 852906     Desmodromia spp.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4de0b7db-41f3-432f-a59a-e6dd5db4c209
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:440063
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
McLay, C.L., 2001. A new genus and two new species of unusual dromiid crabs (Brachyura: Dromiidae) from northern Australia., Records of the Australian Museum, Vol. 53(1): 1-8.
Scientific Name verified against
McLay, C.L., Hosie, A., 2012. Another shell-carrying dromiid crab, Desmodromia tranterae McLay, 2001, from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia and observations of shell-aquisition behaviour of Conchoecetes artificiosus (Fabricius, 1798) (Decapoda, Bracyura, Dromiidae)., Crustaceana Monographs, Vol. 17: 183-196.