Author: Peter J.F. Davie
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Keywords: australia, catalogue, zoological, decapodaanomura, series, part, brachyura, malacostraca, volume, crustacea, eucarida
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2002-07
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0643067922
ISBN-13: 9780643067929

The Malacostraca, a very large class of Crustacea, is being dealt with in four volumes in the Zoological Catalogue of Australia series. Volume 19.3B covers more than 1200 species of Australian crabs (Brachyura) and related groups such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, squat lobsters, mole crabs, and their ilk (Anomura). It is the first such attempt to list the Australian fauna since 1882. All taxonomic groups down to families and subfamilies are fully diagnosed, and the latest literature discussing their status is reviewed and summarised, including genetic and larval studies where available. F