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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 923901 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hexapinus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 923 Hexapodidae (six-legged crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a six-legged crab] Organism Type: a six-legged crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 923000     Hexapodidae

Taxon Notes:	Members of this genus are currently not recorded from Australian waters. Australian species previously placed in this genus are now in the genus Mariaplax. See Rahayu & Ng, 2014. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:09841e35-b634-4d7f-9414-02d84438e9ad Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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.