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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	28 931002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Discoplax hirtipes   (Dana, 1852)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.) Family: 28 931 Gecarcinidae (crabs) - show full list Common Name: [a crab] Organism Type: a crab Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 28 931902     Discoplax spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species was previously recorded from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), but Discoplax crabs from there are now regarded as distinct, and D. hirtipes s.s. is currently recognised only from the Western Pacific region, see Ng & Davie, 2012.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:43b89759-37a1-4d8a-8b1d-32d97b501b52 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444444 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., Davie, P.J.F., 2012. The Blue Crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax celeste, new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae)., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 60(1): 89-100.