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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 885011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Rhynchoplax magnetica   Komai & Poore, 2016
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 hondai (mis-identification) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 885909     Rhynchoplax spp.

Taxon Notes:	This Australian species was previously mis-identified as the Japanese species R. hondai (as Halicarcinus hondai).
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441777 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:	Komai, T., Poore, G.C.B., 2016. Resurrection of Rhynchoplax Stimpson, 1858, with the description of two new species from Japan and Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4093(4): 515-524.