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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Epialtidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 880012 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Hyastenus elatus Griffin & Tranter, 1986 |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) |
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| Family: | 28 880 Epialtidae (spider crabs) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | [a spider crab] | |
| Organism Type: | a spider crab | |
| Synonyms: | Hyastenus verreauxii | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 880938
Hyastenus spp. |
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| Record source: | 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. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Lee, B.Y, Ahyong, S.T. Low, M.E.Y. Ng, P.K.L., 2018. Hyastenus verreauxii A. Milne-Edwards, 1872, a synonym of Hyastenus elatus Griffin & Tranter, 1986: lectotype designation and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4497(1): 145-150. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4497.1.10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4497.1.10 |