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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Hexapodidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 923002 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Hexapus sexpes (Fabricius, 1798) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species is not currently regarded as being found in Australian waters, see Rahayu & Ng, 2014. Any records of this species from Australia need to be re-examined to determine their true identity. | ||||
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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: | Rahayu, D.L., Ng, P.K.L., 2014. New genera and new species of Hexapodidae (Crustacea, Brachyura) from the Indo-West Pacific and east Atlantic., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 62: 396-483. |