CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Gecarcinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	28 931005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gecarcoidea lalandii H. Milne Edwards, 1837
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]
Common Names List:	purple land 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:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	28 931904 Gecarcoidea spp.

Taxon Notes:

This terrestrial species is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, including Christmas Island, but is absent from the Australian mainland.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:272fd297-9c5e-402c-a59c-574a239f1e36 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217261 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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:	Lai, J.C.Y., Shih, H.-T., Ng, P.K.L., 2017. The systematics of land crabs of the genus Gecarcoidea and recognition of a pseudocryptic species, G. humei, from the eastern Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 31: 406-426. . dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS16052 doi:10.1071/IS16052

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