CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	28 880012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hyastenus elatus Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
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.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [88] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a2045ecb-718d-48cd-bcdb-c97ec43a59d1 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441563 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2018-10-01 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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

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