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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 880146 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Oxypleurodon parallelum Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was previous mis-identified as Oxypleurodon stimpsoni, which is now not considered to be present in Australian waters, see Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009. All records of O. stimpsoni from Australia need to be checked to confirm their identity. | ||||
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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: | Richer de Forges, B., Ng, P.K.L., 2009. On the majoid genera Oxypleurodon Miers, 1886, and Sphenocarcinus A. Milne Edwards, 1875 (Crustacea: Beachyura: Epialtidae), with descriptions of two new genera and five new species., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. Suppl. 20: 247-266. |