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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Inachoididae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 880080 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species is native to the eastern Pacific, and has been accidentally introduced to Australian and New Zealand waters (and elsewhere) by shipping. | ||||||
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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: | McLay, C.L., 2009. New records of crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the New Zealand region, including a new species of Rochinia A. Milne Edwards, 1875 (Majidae), and a revision of the genus Dromia Weber, 1795 (Dromiidae)., Zootaxa, Vol. 2111: 1-66. |