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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	28 885003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Halicarcinus quoyi   (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 885 Hymenosomatidae (false spider crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a flat spider crab] Organism Type: a flat spider crab Synonyms: Halicarcinus innominatus Halicarcinus ovatus (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 885905     Halicarcinus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species New Zealand species was accidentally introduced to Tasmania in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Scientific Name Notes:	The widely used name Halicarcinus innominatus is a nomen nudum.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394947 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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.