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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Pilumnidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 926085 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ceratoplax truncatifrons Rathbun, 1914 |
Rank: | Species |
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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. | ||||
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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 |