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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Hymenosomatidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 885001 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858 |
| CAAB category: | 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) | |
| Family: | Hymenosomatidae (false spider crabs) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | three-pronged flat spider crab | |
| Common Names List: | three-pronged flat spider crab three-pronged sea spider oval spider crab | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Halicarcinus krefftii | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 885905
Halicarcinus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a flat spider crab |
| Taxon Notes: | This species is an Australian endemic, records from New Zealand are mis-identifications of Halicarcinus quoyi. | ||||||
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| Record source: | Lucas, J.S., 1980. Spider crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea; Brachyura) with particular reference to Australian species: systematica and biology., Records of the Australian Museum, Vol. 33(4): 148-247. |
| Scientific Name verified against: | Poore, G.C.B. Guinot, D. Komai, T. Naruse, T., 2016. Reappraisal of species attributed to Halicarcinus White, 1846 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) with diagnosis of four new genera and one new species from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea., Zootaxa, Vol. 4093(4): 480-514. |