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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 926085 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ceratoplax truncatifrons   Rathbun, 1914
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 926 Pilumnidae (hairy crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a hairy crab] Organism Type: a hairy crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 28 926908     Ceratoplax spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is currently regarded as being found only in the Philippines and Indonesia - any records of this species from Australia need to be examined in detail to confirm their identity.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:11f9ba21-09aa-49da-8e7a-9c4803a3b321 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442636 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 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:	Ng, P.K.L., Clark, P.F., 2015. Ceratoplax margarita n. sp., a new rhizopine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pilumidae) from Papua New Guinea, with rediagnoses of C. truncatifrons Rathbun, 1914, and C. fulgida Rathbun, 1914., Zoosystema, Vol. 37(2): 323-331. . doi.org/10.5252/z2015n2a2 doi:10.5252/z2015n2a2