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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 877002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ashtoret lunaris   (Forskål, 1775)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 877 Matutidae (moon crabs) - show full list Common Name: moon crab Organism Type: a moon crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 28 877901     Ashtoret spp. Previous Codes (if any): 28 875008

Taxon Notes:	According to Ng (1998) (FAO guide), "The common Indo-West Pacific species with the carapace pattern of fine black dots which has been identified at one time or another as Matuta lunaris, M. victor, or M. banksii, is actually either Matuta victor or Ashtoret lunaris.
Scientific Name Notes:	Previously placed in the family Calappidae.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9fd817d9-f140-47b8-a8c7-7c4b47807e4f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107310 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 and Scientific Name verified against:

Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp.