Specimen J 74857 Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858

• Taxon Name

  Halicarcinus ovatus

• Author and date of publication

  Stimpson, 1858

• Preferred Common name

  Three-pronged Sea Spider

• Other Common Names

  Oval Spider Crab

• Date Identified

  /02/2020

• Identified By

  Dr Caroline Farrelly - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  WPNPA - Wilsons Promontory National Parks Association Survey

• Collected By

  T G. Cochran, C Larsen

• Collection Event Code

  WPNPA 13

• Sampling Method

  SCUBA

• Date Visited From

  5/02/1982

• Date Visited To

  5/02/1982

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Pleocyemata

• Infraorder

  Brachyura

• Family

  Hymenosomatidae

• Genus

  Halicarcinus

• Species Name

  ovatus