Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 28 919904 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Megaesthesius spp.
- Rank
- Genus
- CAAB category
- 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
- Family
- 28 919 Chasmocarcinidae (crabs) - show full list
- Common Name
- [a crab]
- Organism Type
- a crab
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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28 919000
Chasmocarcinidae
- Child Codes
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28 919003
Megaesthesius westralia
- 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.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5659d801-06a0-43af-863f-2f41c5d95d60
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
- Record source
- Davie, P.J.F., 2013. A new species of Megaesthesius Rathbun, 1909 (Crustacea: Bachyura: Chasmocarcinidae) from deep water off Western Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 3647(3): 470-478.
- Scientific Name verified against
- Ng, P.K.L., Castro, P., 2016. Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Cruastacea, Brachyura, Goneplacidea)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4209: 1-182. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1