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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Megaesthesius westralia Davie, 2013

877955  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:877955)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Goneplacoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Chasmocarcinidae (Family)
  16. Megaesthesiinae (Subfamily)
  17. Megaesthesius (Genus)
  18. Megaesthesius westralia (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Davie, P. J. (2013). A new species of <i>Megaesthesius</i> Rathbun, 1909 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Chasmocarcinidae) from deep water off Western Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3647, 470-478. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Megaesthesius westralia Davie, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877955 on 2025-04-30
Date
action
by
2016-06-01 06:08:03Z
created
Davie, Peter
2022-03-16 06:12:29Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Davie, P. J. (2013). A new species of <i>Megaesthesius</i> Rathbun, 1909 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Chasmocarcinidae) from deep water off Western Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3647, 470-478. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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