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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.
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