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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Malacostraca (class) » Decapoda (order) » Gecarcinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 28 931008 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Gecarcoidea humei (Wood-Mason, 1874) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was previously confused with the widespread terrestrial crab G. lalandii. It is known from Christmas Island, but is absent from the Australian mainland. | ||
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Record source and 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 |