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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Hymenosomatidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 28 885909 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Rhynchoplax spp. |
| 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: | [a flat spider crab] | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
28 885000
Hymenosomatidae - undifferentiated | |
| Child Codes: |
28 885011
Rhynchoplax magnetica | |
| Organism Type: | a flat spider crab |
| Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. |
| 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. |