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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 922010 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Entricoplax vestita   (de Haan, 1833)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 922 Goneplacidae (goneplacid crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a crab] Organism Type: a crab Synonyms: Carcinoplax vestita Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 28 922902     Entricoplax spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is currently not regarded as part of the Australian fauna (see Castro, 2007), and previous records from Australian waters are probably based on mis-identifications and need to be verified.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:440957 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Castro, P., 2007. A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamilyGoneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 29: 609-774.