CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Arthropoda (phylum)  »  Malacostraca (class)  »  Decapoda (order)  »  Matutidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 877006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Matuta victor   (Fabricius, 1781)
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: common moon crab Common Names List: surf crab Organism Type: a moon crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 28 877903     Matuta spp. Previous Codes (if any): 28 875007

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:eef9daa7-2bd3-44a6-ade4-97b604e7f96f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:440354 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

<

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.